additional fund r funding is prided by the estate of arnold adams and koo and patricia yuen, with the yuen foundationmitted to pridging cultural -- bridgin cultural foundations in our community and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. once again from washington, moderator, robert costa. robert: good ening. a week that will be remembered by history began on monday with a walk across laugh fa yet square that tested the bounds of presidential power. president tmp's decision to visit st. john's church and the use of force to move out sparkedutrages from americans across the nation whoave protested the killing of george floyd by a police officer. according to some reports, attorney general william barr personally order law enforcement officials to clear the area. and his roll in the militaryization is now under increasing scrutiny. p thesident has been dismissive of critics from leading members of the clergy to republican senators, to his former defense secretary general james mattis. but he remains defiant and bouied by economic numbers on friday that show the unemployme

ti adal funding is provided by the estate of arnold adams o and nd patricia yuen through the yuen foundationcommitted to briing cultural differences in our communities. the corporation for public broadcasting and by contributions to your pbs ew station from s like you. thank you. ce again from washington, moderator robertosta. robert: good evening. at week's end, president trump is confronting a grim reality. the coronavirus pandemic is spreading like wildfire many states with more than 40,000 necases on thuday alone. and spikes in florida, texas, andalifornia. here is what dr. anthony fauci said this week. >> what we're dealing with right now is community spread in the context of a substantial proportion of the people who are getting infected. do not know they're infected. ym they're notomatic. this is part of a process that we can be either part of the solution or part of the problem. if we don't extinguish t outbreak, sooner or later, even ones that are doing well are going to be vulnerable to the spread. robert: but as governors reelse from tlarming new numbers, the trump administration

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