the the us capitol and rotunda. the the first black lawmaker to lie there.ping the art of float in the age of social distancing, the waterborne pianist wowing audiences in france. hello, welcome to bbc news with me, tim willcox. the number of coronavirus cases around the world a re coronavirus cases around the world are escalating at an alarmingly rapid rate with the total approximately doubling in the past six weeks. the figure 110w the past six weeks. the figure now stands at 16 million with the last 1 now stands at 16 million with the last1 million cases taking just four days. there been more than 55,000 new infections in the past 2a hours in brazil. 53,000 in the united states and 48,000 in 53,000 in the united states and 118,000 in india. here is what the director general of the who had to say about this. almost 16 million cases have now been reported to who and more than 640,000 deaths. in the pandemic continues to accelerate. in the past six weeks, the total number of cases has roughly doubled. in brazil, the pandemic is one of the world's most severe

remarkably, there are 11 confederate statues that still stand in the us capitol building.is derived from the fact that they defended, even fought to keep, the institution of slavery are celebrated here in the most exalted corridors of american power. there are now moves to take away these statues. but progress towards a more complete representation of america's past is slow. the museum of african american history close by is one of few national institutions that tackles the horrors of slavery head on. across the south in particular, even in schools, there is reluctance to do that. but for many, tolerance is wearing thin, notjust for this sidestepping of unconscionable history but also the slow pace of change in modern america to make it a more just society. aleem maqbool, bbc news, in virginia. mps are to hold an inquiry into the billions of pounds spent on personal protective equipment at the height of the pandemic. they say they will examine whether the sums spent by the uk government represented value for money, and whether the process for buying the equipment was trans

removeov the statue of defenders but the horrific system of slavery segregation and racism from the us capitol building. lamp out of the work hour chair and all colleagues are doing to demonstrate the public land and parks this is an opportunity to shine a light on greatth individuals but rather those who reflect our ideas and his valuable contribution is the fabric of the nation. thank you for being here and the important work you are doing to inform us of her own history for those who may not understand the symbols or the impact that they have please share with us the stories or experiences you havele heard working on this issue what does this mean to americans and in particular black americans when they are held in places of honor? >> thank you for your question. a part of the background serving as ceo where these conversations were taking place inic earnest when we began preparing for the sesquicentennial. which by far is ground zero and it is a place where we saw the nation's first and largest monument built to robert e. lee designed to stand taller than the george washington statue so to

civil rights leader john lewis lies in state in the us capitol rotunda, the first black lawmaker to beoured there. hello, welcome to bbc news. the number of coronavirus cases around the world are escalating at an alarmingly rapid rate, with the total approximately doubling in the past six weeks. the figure now stands at 16 million, with the last one million cases, taking just four days. in the past 2a hours, there have been more than 55,000 new infections in brazil, 53,000 in the united states and a8,000 in india. here's what the director general of the world health 0rganisation had to say. almost 16 million cases have now been reported to who, and more than 640,000 deaths, and the pandemic continues to accelerate. in the past six weeks, the total number of cases has roughly doubled. in brazil, the pandemic is one of the world's most severe. health workers there have now urged the international criminal court to investigate president bolsonaro‘s government, accusing it of crimes against humanity over its handling of coronavirus. almost 2.5 million cases have been recorded since march,

john lewis's finaljourney is moving onto washington, where he'll lie in state at the us capitol for ac news. stay with us on bbc news, still to come: farewell to one of hollywood's. the us space agency nasa has ordered an investigation after confirmation today that astronauts were cleared to fly while drunk. the last foot patrol, once an everyday part of the soldiers lot, drudgery and danger, lie no after almost four decades. if somebody is in a private house, not doing harm to anybody don't really see why all these people should wander in and say you are doing something wrong. six rare white lie in clubs on the trail and already they have been met with already they have been met with a roar of approval from visitors. lovely and sweet, yeah, they're cute. this is bbc news, the latest headlines: coronavirus spreads into rural india, putting intense pressure on struggling hospitals and threatening the health of patients in the countryside. and china's leading scientist who diagnosed early coronavirus cases now believes there was a covid—19 cover—up. spends foreign minister believes it i

john lewis's finaljourney is moving onto washington, where he'll lie in state at the us capitol for aws. stay with us on bbc news, still to come: farewell to one of hollywood's great, who has died at the age of 104. ? the us space agency nasa has ordered an investigation after confirmation today that astronauts were cleared to fly while drunk. the last foot patrol in south armagh, once an everyday part of the soldiers' lot, drudgery and danger, now no more after almost four decades. if one in on one's own in a private house, not doing any harm to anyone, i don't really see why all these people should wander in and say, "you are doing something wrong. " six rare white lion clubs are on the prowl at worcestershire park and already they have been met with a roar of approval from visitors. they're lovely, yeah and sweet. yeah, they were cute. this is bbc news, the latest headlines: coronavirus spreads into rural and india, putting intense pressure on hospitals. and's foreign minister has insisted that its country is bringing coronavirus outbreaks under control and it is safe for tourists

john lewis's finaljourney is moving on to washington where he'll lie in state at the us capitol for aes, bbc news. many churches, synagogues, mosques and temples have shut their doors during the coronavirus lockdown, often leaving them in financial difficulty. westminster abbey has lost about 90% of its income. the dean has been speaking to our religion editor. commonwealth day in march, the last major event in westminster abby. the setting for every coronation since 1066 has been crippled by the coronavirus. we lost our place slightly and celebrating, so the 75th anniversary of vide, anzac celebrations. a few weeks into this we begin to measure out just what was going to happen to us financially and that has been a pretty shattering blow. it cost nearly £30 million a year to fund everything from cleaners to choristers, and most of the money comes from visitors. it's important to remember there is no public money for the abbey nor is there any church money. we pay our own way completely. separately, the church of england's 42 cathedrals are anticipating losses of more than £28 million

remarkably, there are 11 confederate statues that still stand in the us capitol building.—americans when some people whose fame and notoriety is derived from the fact that they defended, even fought to keep, the institution of slavery are celebrated here in the most exalted corridors of american power. there are now moves to take away these statues. but progress towards a more complete representation of america's past is slow. aleem maqbool with the latest in our echoes of empire series. ever since the ancient greeks theorised the earth was round, adventurers have yearned to circumnavigate the globe. two british women are the latest to complete the trip using pedal power, as tim allman explains. # i want to ride my bicycle, i want to ride my bike... kat dixon and raz marsden like to cycle, which is a good thing, really, when you think about what they've just done. the two of them, on a tandem bike called alice, pedalled and pedalled and pedalled. well, i've always wanted to cycle around the world and we've been cycling together for a little while and we started talking whe

john lewis's funeral in the us capitol rotunda. the first black lawmaker to be honoured there.proar to be honoured there. in france as the government uproar in france as the government announces a ban on our door heaters in cafes and restau ra nts our door heaters in cafes and restaurants to our door heaters in cafes and restau ra nts to com bat our door heaters in cafes and restaurants to combat climate change. hello to you. the head of the world health organization has said that covid—19 is easily the most severe global health emergency the organisation has ever declared. the head said he would reconvene at the who's emergency committee this week to review its assessment of the pandemic. at least 16 million cases of the virus have been reported worldwide since it is was declared an emergency in january. this is the sixth time a global health emergency has been declared under the international health regulations, but it's easily the most severe. and the pandemic continues to accelerate. in the past six weeks, the total number of cases has roughly doubled. i got more on this ju

remembering a civil rights icon, john lewis is lying in state at the us capitol rotunda.he first black lawmaker to be remembered there. and keeping the arts afloat in the age of social distancing. the portable deanna is wowing audiences in france. —— pianist. hello to you. the head of the world health organization has a covid-19 is world health organization has a covid—19 is easily the most severe global health emergency the organisation has ever declared. the who is that it would reconvene its emergency committee this week to review its assessment of the pandemic. previously, the director has advised five other global health emergencies, two abrasive ebola, the guitarist, polio and swine flu. more than extend million cases of coronavirus have been declared since it was declared an emergency injanuary. since it was declared an emergency in january. this is the sixth time a global health emergency has been declared under the international health regulations, but it is easily the most serious. in the pandemic continues to accelerate. in the past weeks, the total number of c

john lewis's finaljourney is moving onto washington, where he'll lie in state at the us capitol for anews. spain's foreign minister has insisted her country is bringing several coronavirus operates under control and it is safer taurus to visit. she was speaking after britain ordered travellers returning from spain quarantine 1a days. guy hedgecoe reports from madrid. for thousands of british holiday—makers, relaxation suddenly turned to frustration here in barcelona. it's a bit crazy, considering the restrictions in place in spain already are really good, with the masks, with disinfecting everything, with hand wash in the shops. that's better than what we have in london. others think it is the right move. since the number of cases here in spain are rising, i think it's probably a sensible measure, and i was expecting it, to be honest. the decision has major implications for spain. britons make up nearly a quarter of all those who travel to the country. several parts of spain, like barcelona, are grappling with a resurgence of coronavirus, with a number of areas seeing a spike in cases

today they were grilled in the us capitol over whether their companies are too big, and whether theypetition. the richest man in the world, jeff bezos, runs amazon, which accounts for around 40% of online retail in the world. mark zuckerberg is the boss of facebook as well as instagram and whatsapp. together they have more than 2 billion users worldwide. google and youtube are run by sundar pichai. around 90% of internet searches are on google. apple is run by tim cook. the most valuable of the big fourin the most valuable of the big four in the company behind the iphonein four in the company behind the iphone in the software. the question is, do they own a bit too much of the internet? that's what us legislators wanted to find out today. zuckerberg on the hook first and asked whether they simply bought competitors rather than compete with them, notably instagram 7 he accepted they were a competitor. in the growing space of mobile photos and camera apps, they were a competitor. he was also asked whether he wanted to buy google at one point. it will be a while before we can buy google

john lewis's finaljourney is moving onto washington where he'll lie in state at the us capitol for aws. our last remaining stars from the golden age of hollywood has died. olivia de havilland, has died. she was 104. during a career spanning several decades, she appeared in films including gone with the wind, the adventures of robin hood and the heiress, which led to one of her two oscars. our correspondent lizo mzimba looks back at her life. despite its controversial depiction of race and slavery, gone with the wind is seen as a hollywood classic. as the virtuous melanie, opposite vivien leigh as the wayward scarlett, olivia de havilland won an oscar nomination. what a lovely dress, scarlett, darling. india wasn't able to come tonight. will you be an angel? i do need you to help me...receive my guests. yet she'd taken the part against the advice of her boss at warner bros. jack warner himself said to me, "oh, you don't want to be in gone with the wind!" he said, "that's going to be the biggest bust in town!" i said, i'm not hungry. so you did. i'd forgotten. her career at warner's ha

civil—rights leader john lewis lives in state in the us capitol and rotunda.

today they were grilled in the us capitol over whether their companies are too big, whether they stifleetition. the richest man in the world, jeff bezos, runs amazon, which accounts for around 40% of online retail in the world. mark zuckerberg is the boss of facebook as well as instagram and whatsapp. together they have more than 2 billion users worldwide. google and youtube are run by sundar pichai. around 90% of internet searches are on google. apple is run by tim cook. the question is, do they own a bit too much of the internet? that's what us legislators wanted to find out today. zuckerberg on the hook first and asked whether they simply bought competitors rather than compete with them, notably instagram? he accepted they were a competitor. in the growing space of mobile photos and camera apps, they were a competitor. he was also asked whether he wanted to buy google at one point. it will be a while before we can buy google, did you recall writing that e—mail? i do not, but it sounds like a joke. some pretty pointed questions to tim cook of apple, that apple uses its position to hur

remarkably, there are 11 confederate statues that still stand in the us capitol building.s derived from the fact that they defended, even fought to keep, the institution of slavery are celebrated here in the most exalted corridors of american power. there are now moves to take away these statues. but progress towards a more complete representation of america's past is slow. aleem maqbool with the latest in our echoes of empire series. and before we go, there is something reassuring, in seeing the high and mighty struggle with the same problems you and i face. lord dick taverne is a member of the house of lords here in london. take a look. can you hear me? hello? janice! nobody can... can you hear me? i'm sorry. sorry, can you help? my lord, we can hear you. that's all right. addressing the house of lords. that's all for now. thank you very much for watching. hello there. so far this month we have seen temperatures around or below the seasonal average. quite a lot of cloud and rain at times too. but by the end of this month, friday, a hot spell is likely for much of the uk

the companies avoid liability on the current laws well our correspondent alan fischer joins us now from capitol hill for more on that hearing allan i believe it's just all wrapped up after more than 5 hours talk us through what we've had today. well the tech companies are essentially saying that they're very american and that their end of it if they're smart and they make big profits and they say that they've had to be innovative and they've had to include people because if they didn't they would disappear in the way that 10 years ago if you were talking about the take giants he'd be talking about my space and friendster remember them no no one does because of course they fell away when facebook google and others took that space so they insist that what they're doing creates jobs it creates wealth it creates opportunity for many people it gives a platform for developers to bring their products to the market and that the shouldn't necessarily be broken up in fact jeff bezos said that they have less than 4 percent of the you keep the u.s. retail market but of course that includes things like gas

. >> the family of murdered soldier planning a peaceful march from the us capitol to the white houseo raise awareness of military sexual assault. remains were found in june, her family so she was sexually harassed but never reported it fearing retaliations a introducing a bill in her name to make reporting safer. that march will be on the thirtieth. >> the lead officer investigating the case of a missing mother believes she was killed in her garage. connecticut state police sergeant telling dateline police found her blood and blood on her cars in the garage. she was last seen in 2019. her estranged husband is charged with her murder. he pleaded not guilty but killed himself earlier this year. a massive fire burning in a chicken farm in south jersey, state police describing the fire to our fox affiliate in philadelphia. nearly every fire department and it county hoping to fight those flames, no word on injuries. kanye west twitter meltdown after he went off at a presidential campaign event in south carolina. the wrapper firing off a series of angry tweets including this one claiming h

us. >>> on capitol hill president trump says he will put pressure on governors to open kindergarten toh grade as cases soar across the country. alice barr live from washington with the latest. we're all ears, alice. >> reporter: kris, everyone is all ears across the country. the problem is there aren't

speaker, do everything in our power to ensure that how we use the capitol today reflects our commitment to equality and justice for all. for too long we have greeted visitors from here and abroad with the statues of those who denigrated these values by championing sedition, slavery, segregation, and inequality. as a marylander, i have always been uncomfortable that the old supreme court chamber prominently displays a bust of former chief justice roger brook taney, who was from the district, the county across the river from my house, calvert county. tauny -- taney, of course, was the son of slave holders. and the author of the 19 -- excuse me 1857 dred scott ruling that upheld slavery and said, african-americans could not be citizens. this was a man, mr. speaker, in his zeal to protect the interests of slave holders and uphold thecies tesm white supremacy wrote an opinion that twisted the very meaning of america's founding. after quoting the declaration independence, we hold these truths to beself evident that all men are created equal, taney wrote these, the general words above quoted w

cbs reporter skyler henry is joining us live on capitol hill with more for us. skyler? >> reporter: good evening to you, allen dr. fauci said that he wouldn't be surprised if he saw the daily number of coronavirus cases jump from 40,000 or so to 100,000 given the spikes that he is seeing across the country. but he did say that there is still an opportunity to curb the spread of this virus and that comes with wearing masks, and he did say that there is some optimism in terms of finding a vaccine. >> we are now having 40-plus thousand new cases a day. i would not be surprised if we go up to 100,000 a day. >> reporter: the nation's top infectious disease expert expressed concern over the latest spike in covid-19 cases as he and members of the task force testified at the senate fastball. >> clearly we are not in total control now. >> reporter: health officials say they are ramping up testing and working to deliver new treatmentsed a a vaccine in the coming months. but there anthony fauci also washed this at least 70% of meshes must be vaccinated in order to establish herd i

cnn's esmalvo is here on capitol hill to start us off on this somber day. >> reporter: it's a beautiful day here in washington, d.c. there's a great deal of anticipation on the john lewis. we suspect there will be a lot of people on capitol hill as they say good-bye and also celebrate his life as the conscience of the congress having evolved and served as an activist that have and really as a lawmaker here in washington, d.c. as you know, this event and these kind of eve vents laying in state are planned town to the minute and we saw just about so:34 this morning, the first plane landing at joint base andrews, that of former staffers and family members. we do expect that the casket that the body of john lewis will arrive with about 20 family members and current staffers, that from a c-32 that will be arriving shortly. there will be a greeting, a very brief greeting by speaker nancy pelosi, her daughter as well as the head who is there at the base, and then you -- as you mentioned, it will be the motorcade going through the city to very special, special occasions and events, sites that w

cnn the lauren forks joins us from capitol hill on this story and congressional low kate e al fund but they're not being used. how are lawmakers takes this news? >> democrats and republicans concerned and asking questions why the money is still sitting in this account? back up a second and explain where this funding came from. back in april congress appropriated $25 billion for testing and contact tracing. $11 billion quickly went out to the states through the cdc, but remaining amount of money still at hhs. essentially what i'm told is that there were questions about whether or not this is just a logistical issue, issue with bureaucracy and one republican told me, senator john cornyn, really doesn't matter. a problem and something to be concerned about regardless of the explanation. it really matters, because lay machors are trying to decide how much money to give to testing in the next round of stimulus, and one of the talking points they've heard from the white house behind closed doors is the fact there is still money sitting in this account. republicans argues why do you need more

and it helps us to understand that this capitol is the symbol of america as a living institution. that is why, choosing to honor lin-manuel miranda with this year's freedom award is such a perfect, beautiful choice. you look around you here. look at where we are standing. and the history that surrounds us. the men and the women. we see the old murals not necessarily in this room but in the room just adjacent. we have the statues of famous but long dead americans like george washington. we have sacagawea. then we see those whose lives are more contemporary with our own, like president eisenhower, president reagan, helen keller. we have rosa parks right up here. more importantly, each and every day, americans from all walks of life and every age walk through these halls. they walk through this room. and they are looking up at the statues, they are looking at the amazing history surrounding us. and you have to believe that each are inspired to learn, to enjoy, but just truly be inspired by the history around us. and i like to listen to the school groups particularly, because sometime

you have been following this route as john lewis makes his way to the capitol. tell us your thoughts on this day. >> reporter: well, you know, it's personal because i knew john lewis from my years up on capitol hill. and it is a very sad day but it's also in some ways heartening just simply because this is a torch passing if you will of the torch of activism from this man who was one of the big six as they called them in the civil rights movement to congress and now to the younger generations of activists. the people who appeared right here not long ago on black lives matter plaza and essentially took it over until that point when the president of the united states was looeeaving the white house, had it cleared of peaceful protesters go over to st. johns episcopal church to do what was essentially a photo-op holding a bible but it's not just that. it is also sort of if you look at john lewis' life and his career, many people know that he was highly critical of president trump. he called him a racist, he said his presidency was not legitimate. he boycotted the inaugurati

demonstrations let's go live now to our series alan fischer who's following the hearing and joins us from capitol hill among other things allan this panel is trying to examine whether bars in appropriately politicize the department of justice. there's a lot of groans to cover not least because this is the 1st time that william has given evidence to host judiciary committee which is responsible for oversight since he took office if you think about the protests that we're seeing in portland if you think about the demonstrations we saw across the country driven by but lives matter and the allegations of systemic and institutional racism in the united states and then you throw into the mix the prosecutions against people who have been close to donald trump you see that there is a lot of going to cover and not a great deal of time certainly jerry nadler who is the democratic chair of the committee meeting. very clear from the very start that this wasn't going to be a meeting of minds when he described attorney general barr as the washed man at the watch movement to be attorney general for his part wel

on capitol hill. tell usat you're hearing there and what lawmakers are saying, manu? >> reporter: well, lawmakers are taking aback by it, because a number of them have been in contact with louie gohmert, or have seen him interacting with members on the floor of the house. as he's been doing frequently for weeks now and it is something that i've observed watching from the house gallery, watching him interact with members sitting down next to them on the house floor, talking to them. i i've never seen him wearing a mask on the house floor. as he's carried on. in fact, i'm asked him directly why he didn't want to wear a mask and he said, in late june, if i get the coronavirus, i will wear it and then i said to him, well if you could be an asymptomatic carrier of this virus, something that health experts say is a reason why you should be wearing a mask, and he said i'm not afraid of you because, he said, i'll give you the exact quote, but i keep getting tests and i doan have it but i'm not afraid of you but if i

but jake, take us on to capitol hill. is is a real issue you're writing the playbook at 4:00 in the morning. this is whether people are going to get $600 in unemployment. why did this break down and will they come together? jake: why did it break dn? it's interesting because senate republicans right now are not even negotiating with democrats. to put this in context, senate republicans can't agree with themselves on what should happen next, on what they should propose. their negotiations. a marker for they have failed to do so. mark meadows and steven mnuchin have been meeting with senate republicans. they meet with the speaker of the house and chuck sumer. they can't get it together there's no way the currently enhanced unemployment can coinue. peop are not going to get $600. are underonsideration.as that but the current formula which expires one week from today isd . now, the larger question will be whether senate republicans with something. they coalesce there's an anecdote where ows and mnuchin said we're going to giv

second payment to the businesses that are especially hard hit. >> cnn's phil mattingly live for us on capitol hill. those small businesses like to know what he means by topping it up. >> reporter: i think we would like to know that, as well. i think what it underscores more than anything else is there's not a ton of agreement right now as senate republicans prepare to release the proposal. small businesses, there's a recognition that significantly more aid is needed. it needs to be more targeted, to focus on the smallest businesses in particular businesses like the restaurant industry, an industry that's just crushed over the course of the last several months. >> we sold out every day. >> reporter: when she left the corporate job she couldn't have dreamed of how big of a hit it was going to be. >> we had lines down to the costco so probably two miles long and as if that opening day lasted a month and a half. >> reporter: a first generation american who grew up in public housing and worked a half dozen jobs just to get through college, the comfort food pop-up was the ultimate success story and

bring in phil mattingly for us live from capitol hill. tell us what you are learning about this meeting and the i guess possibility of this new covid aid package moving forward. >> reporter: i think lawmakers on both sides of the aisle acknowledges that something needs to move forward and characterize the meeting as get everybody on the same page meeting. no democrats in the meeting. leader mccarthy told reporters that he believes everybody is on the same page but that's important because over the course of the last several days we have seen senate republicans get crosswise with white house officials in terms of cdc money, nih money, money for testing in terms of state grants that republicans wanted to boost up. the white house sent back a counter proposal zeroing it out getting rid of it entirely and raised concerns inside the senate republican conference. what they're trying to do is get everybody on the same page because for republicans, democrats have had their proposal of $3 trillion that the house already passed, republicans want to

cbs' nancy cordes joins us tonight from capitol hill. so, nancy, how did these c.e.o.s respond? >> reporter: norah, they insisted their companies are not corporate bully that systematically buy out, copy, or destroy their rivals. amazon's c.e.o., jeff bezos, in his first congressional appearance, insisted that there are plenty of shopping options out there, even though it's now estimated that amazon controls 44% of u.s. e-commerce. this was a high-stakes appearance for all four of these companies. they're facing antitrust investigations here and abroad, and there are some in congress, norah, who think they should be broken up. >> o'donnell: and what about the questions when it comes to political bias? what did they say? >> reporter: right. republicans expressed concern that the president and his son may have been penalized on social media this week for sharing that video that contained false claims about coronavirus. well, facebook c.e.o. mark zuckerberg said that his company does prohibit content that could harm people, and so his platform and others took the video down. but no

nbc's garrett haake covering all the politics for us on capitol hill and nbc's carol lee at the white house this morning for us. garrett, let me begin with you a lot of meetings and briefings in the works there today walk us through what we're expecting and the sticking points that remain >> reporter: yeah, the administration is sending some of their top officials to capitol hill today, chief of staff mark meadows, treasury secretary steven mnuchin will be here running back and forth between meetings with some powerful republican committee chairs, eventually the entire republican senate conference and democratic leaders late in the afternoon, republicans have to get on the same page amongst themselves first about that they want in this bill. and the sticking points there include this payroll tax cut that the administration wants to see in this bill, that senate republicans by and large have little to no interest in and this question of how much more money to give the cdc, to give for testing and tracing and so forth, senate republicans would like to see more money spent there, the whi

and what is brilliant of concern to me, because we think of capitol hill as us. it is about the staff and the support staff that make it all run. and now you're seeing messages from staff of members stating the concern they have about how their offices have been treating the issue of the coronavirus. >> -- being here today and the soundness of dr. manahan's guidance. >> well we're separated from each other. i'm not coming anywhere near of you. >> you say it is not just members, it is staff and other people. >> yeah. >> but because members are the ones that tend to get on planes and fly back to districts and then come back, wouldn't it be -- of you, both chambers, to reverse the early decision where the president offered to send rapid testing here so members could be tested. >> it is not up to the president or me. it is up to the capital physician. and i have from time to time asked him, when nadia velazquez was diagnosed in a picture in the paper, it looks like we were closer together. we were very apart. i said since that picture, people are asking me and he sai

this the end of the one country 2 systems or let's talk to she have returns is standing by for us on capitol hill in washington d.c. she have tell us more about this bill and the effect is likely to have. well it is as you mentioned it sanctions individuals and financial institutions who do business with individuals who are deemed not to be following the basic law that was passed that was agreed upon the handover in 1970 that means those who are in acting this new security security law if and when it is signed by the president the state department the treasury department will then identify individuals in financial institutions who are deemed to be falling afoul of this law and and then those people must be must be sanctioned the question is of course is donald trump going to sign this law because as we've seen in the past and all trump is quite open about this when it comes to china because of the trading relationship between china and the u.s. because of the enormous importance of the phase one trade deal that has been signed between the u.s. and china don't trump does delay as he did with

and on the last night before he would be leaving the capitol, he said his good-bye to us with a double rainbow. saying as he would say, i'm home in heaven. i'm with lillian. may he rest in peace, our dear john. we mourn him as a death in the family. but now we've passed 150,000 americans who are dead from the coronavirus. many of them were not necessary. to have met that fate. today on the floor of the house, we'll have a moment of ilence, to observe the loss of 150,000 americans. 10 weeks ago we passed the heroes act. more than 10 weeks ago. we passed the heroes act. which had a path to containing this virus with testing, tracing, treatment, mask wearing, sanitation. the republicans said they wanted to take a pause. well, the virus didn't. since then, 65 -- over 65,000 americans have died. 300,000 -- a huge number of americans have -- three million americans since then have become infected. so much for the pause. and now at the beginning of this week, the republicans in the senate came back with a piecemeal approach. clearly they and perhaps the white house do not understand the graph

at the same time, i think the capitol found a way to sort of thread the needle by use iing t motorcade today where you clearly saw there were citizens out along the pathway and stops along the route of significance that tell the story of john lewis and tell the story of our times. and that is different than some of the grand farewells we have seen for other statesmen and unique to him, reflecting his story and nothing dims that. it does not mean that because fewer people may ultimately pass by the casket, it does not diminish the level of respect held for him. now, they made this adjustment to allow for citizens to come by, not walking through the rotunda, which would have been how it's done in other times, but out here on the east front of the capitol, given the scorching heat that may be daunting, but we have seen at times like this, when people feel an emotion and a magnet to want to be drawn to something like this, to be able to say they were there and to tell their families and bring their children. people do show up. now that will happen later today and it may wax and wane over t

. >> we are co-hosting for the top of a building with the capitol behind us. and we've got a screen in- between us that will show all the live performances. >> it's she doesn't age right? you can watch the 48th anniversary presentation of a capitol fourth tomorrow on pbs. >>> all right, it's 4:49 on this friday morning. and here's mary lee with a check of our forecast. >> already here, yeah. thank goodness it's friday and july 4th tomorrow. hard to believe that and we are looking at temperatures that e ahead to tomorrow. here's a live look with our salesforce tower camera and -- that's sutro tower there if yocu so we are looking at onshore flow really kicking in for us and that will cool us down as we go through today. temperatures just slightly below average for this time of year. we're at 57 in concord and oakland and mid 50s livermore and san francisco. san jose in the mid 50s and 53 for santa rosa. so as we head through the afternoon, it's going to be a cool day once again. along the coast. in the low 60s. around the bay, mid- to upper 60s and low to mid-8

us. >>> on capitol hill president trump says he will put pressure on governors to open kindergarten to 12th grade as cases soar across the country. alice barr live from washington with the latest. we're all ears, alice. >> reporter: kris, everyone is all ears across the country. the problem is there aren't too many answers coming to these questions about how to get schools reopened safely. there is pressure coming from the white house. that he wants schools reopened and he wants kids back in the classrooms as early as next month. the american academy of pediatrics has recommended this, trying to get schools reopen with many safety restrictions in place because we want to make sure kids don't fall too much farther behind. the trump administration making that point. they also have another motivation that basically it's difficult to get parents back to work and get the economy really move again when kids are not able to be in school. so that is a focal point for the administration. at that event yesterday they did not lay out any specific policies that they want to see happen or offer to

us, in particular he spoke over women. he was flanked by at least ten staffers. not a person of color among th them. >> shannon: so let's debate the mood on capitol hill with fox newstributor leslie marshall and author of the brand-new book "defender entry." john you, good to have a boat with us. >> hi, shannon, good to be here. >> shannon: so john, regardless of which side of the aisle that you're on, if you watched this thing yesterday and listen, it happens when different groups are in power, different parties are in power, but to continually grow their attorney general and when he tries to answer questions say i reclaim my time and then call him rude, it seems like a little bit of a stretch yesterday. >> i thought it was incredible. i've been a staffer on the senate on the judiciary committee and i've been a witness before congressional committees. i've never seen anything like the performance yesterday. they treated bill barr like he was one of the cardboard cutouts in the second rate major league baseball games we've been watching. he's just a prop. they were making speeches, campaign commercials essentially and they weren't giving attorney general barr the c

is do you know spalding us is actually outside the u.s. capitol building in his it's the 3rd day of commemorations what happened in washington today right and right now the cost of late congressman john lewis was just brought out again and put on top of the stairs of the capitol and the public viewing started so hundreds of people have lined up to pay their respects earlier the day there was an invitation only ceremony where both the democrats are you going the republican leaders of the party attended and before that the cost could was driven by the medical device and they also cost by them all through luther king's memorial so what it was a whole day full of very impressive and important moments and then with his cat casket drove along the black lives matter boulevard in washington talk to us about the significance of rep lewis for the blackall as much a movement. so john lewis was known for good what did he mean by that he was fighting racism and discrimination in a nonviolent way and he was kind of preaching that until his death and this is som

speaking of the capitol, let us turn there for a moment.epublican congressman buddy carter, a member of the delegation from georgia. congressman, thank you so much for your time this morning. i know that you spent a fair amount of time with congressman lewis there on the hill. over the last, the last couple of decades and talked about walking to the house floor with him for votes. tell us about those walks. what those conversations were like. what those moments meant to you. >> well, as you can imagine, it was quite an honor for me. i mean, here i was walking with someone who was part of history, and every opportunity i had to walk with him i would do that, and i would hang on to every word that he said, and, you know, i used to joke with him, because as you can imagine, when we were walking outside towards the capitol people want to get their picture taken. do you think they want their picture with you or with me? he would always laugh at that, but it was truly just an honor. listen, in our lives there are people and places that you rememb

joining us from capitol hill is msnbc correspondent garrett haake. and garrett, we heard last hour that obviously, negotiations are going so poorly that mitch mcconnell is floating a temporary, you know, sort of like when we hear about the continuing resolution to avoid a government shutdown, it feels like continuing unemployment for another month is like this version of avoiding the government shutdown. are things that bad that they're going to have to try these temporary measures? >> well, the problem with temporary measures is it removes the pressure on lawmakers to get something done in short order. there's a certain element that does want a temporary measure. they want the focus to be sharp so they can keep working on this. you describe this as a race to come up with some kind of deal on a coronavirus relief package. it doesn't look like anyone is running. that's kind of the problem here. senate republicans are moving ahead with their plan. they're going to brief the legislative director, the top legislative staffers in each office this afternoo

until then, those of us on capitol hill and millions of americans around the country who need this to be settled are left pretty much to sit and wait. >> garrett, do you have any idea why republicans waited so long? >> you could pick your political issue here. i think there was a certain amount of sunshine, perhaps, some thinking that this problem would get better, not worse, on its own, and perhaps when it was time to engage in negotiations there might not be a need for the kind of aggressive measures that do seem to be called for now. and i think perhaps there was also simply an element of kicking the can, knowing they would reach these problems, these idealogical disagreements in some cases amongst themselves about the best way to fix it, and just not wanting to grapple with that until they absolutely had to, and here we are. >> procrastinating, like me on all my term papers in college. >> deadline oriented. i get it. >> garrett haake, thank you very much. >>> and the additional $600 a week in unemployment benefits passed as part of the c.a.r.e.s. act essentially expires tomorrow.

speaker, do everything in our power to ensure that how we use the capitol today reflects our commitment to equality and justice for all. for too long we have greeted visitors from here and abroad with the statues of those who denigrated these values by championing sedition, slavery, segregation, and inequality. as a marylander, i have always been uncomfortable that the old supreme court chamber prominently displays a bust of former chief justice roger brook taney, who was from the district, the county across the river from my house, calvert county. tauny -- taney, of course, was the son of slave holders. and the author of the 19 -- excuse me 1857 dred scott ruling that upheld slavery and said, african-americans could not be citizens. this was a man, mr. speaker, in his zeal to protect the interests of slave holders and uphold thecies tesm white supremacy wrote an opinion that twisted the very meaning of america's founding. after quoting the declaration independence, we hold these truths to beself evident that all men are created equal, taney wrote these, the general words above quoted w

let's get more on the hearing from al-jazeera is alan fischer who's following events and is with us on capitol hill on the panel examining whether in appropriately politicized but a pump and of justice. well we've just got the hearing under way and if there is any hole that this might produce more light than heat i think you can forget in the 1st 20 minutes the 5 the chairman jerry nadler who is a democrat described william barr as the wrong man in the wrong time to be attorney general he says he's politicized the department of justice he is defending donald trump and his friends and prosecuting his enemies he says that he has failed to simply to up hold the basic tenants of the department of justice which is to make sure that equal rights are applied across the country and that people have the right to vote he says that simply hasn't happened under william barr and that he has undermined the idea for example of using mail in ballots here's another thing we've got jim jordan on the other side he's a republican he is essentially saying that this is a political hearing and he continue to lead af

joining us now justice correspondent pete williams and with us from capitol hill our colleagues at thehite house. pete, i want to start with you, and that's sort of what i was surprised -- maybe i shouldn't be surprised but it seemed as if bill barr gave all benefit of the doubt to any republican questioner who may have over- -- gone over their skis. at one point one member of congress said this extortion scheme with michael flynn and barr would say i haven't come to the same conclusion as you have. a democrat misspoke he quickly tried to correct the record. he didn't seem to go out of his way to make it hard to criticize him for being partisan. >> there were a few times i noted it was a little surprising but other times he did depart from the president. the president said he didn't think roger stone should have been prosecuted that he was a victim of the muller investigation gone rogue. and bill barr thought the stone process kugsz -- prosecution was a righteous one, and that he serve time in prison just not what the original prosecutored recommended and he departed company by say he