FRANCE YELLOW VESTS WEEK 82:  ANTI-RACISM PROTESTS BRING POLICE CRACKDOWN THIS WEEK WITH TODAY'S PROTESTS FOCUSED ON POLICE VIOLENCE

It wasn't Yellow Vests driving protests in recent days in France but events in the United States with French demonstrators coming out in opposition to racism and drawing the riot police in to hit back with tear gas and other weapons.....

FRENCH POLICE FIRE TEAR GAS TO DISPERSE ANTI--RACISM PROTESTERS 6/2/2020



The atmosphere of Week 82 of Yellow Vests protests in France reflected in this week's video from "Ternoise"




YELLOW VESTS VIDEO WEEK 82 TERNOISE



And this video presents a history of the Yellow Vests protests that has been compiled into a book of pictures of the protests that rocked Paris......




PRESENTATION DU LIVRE GILETS JAUNES UNE ANNEE D'INSURRECTION ET DE REVOLTE DANS PARIS

Today's protest video includes this large crowd at the waterfront in Marseille.....

YELLOW VESTS WEEK 82 MARSEILLE 6/6/2020

and the protest continued with a march through the streets against police violence......

YELLOW VESTS WEEK 82 MARCHING IN MARSEILLE AGAINST POLICE VIOLENCE 6/6/2020

And the Yellow Vests established a camp near a traffic circle along a highway at St Julien en Genevois in the mountainous region of France near the Swiss and Italian borders......

YELLOW VESTS PROTEST NEAR TRAFFIC CIRCLE ST JULIEN EN GENEVOIS 6/6/2020

And in Paris among the protesting crowds opposing police violence Jerome Rodrigues, media figure of the Yellow Vests.    Rodrigues himself injured by police in the eye with a flash bang round during a Yellow Vests protest.....

JEROME RODRIGUES INTERVIEW DURING PARIS PROTEST 6/6/2020

JEROME RODRIGUES SHOT BY POLICE JANUARY 27, 2019

And that's the story of the Yellow Vests in France for Week 82.......

NEWS SUMMARY-INTELLIGENCE REPORT FRIDAY 6/5/2020 NEWSDUMP FRIDAY

(POSTING WHEN ABLE THROUGH LATE FRIDAY INTO EARLY SATURDAY)

A positive sign for the US economy today with the unemployment rate dropping to 13.3 percent last month, an improvement from April's 14.7 percent.   Sharp rises on the stock markets today following the announcement........BLOOMBERG STORY....Appearing at the White House today President Trump characterized the news as a "good day for George Floyd" with Democrat Presidential candidate Joe Biden quick to the President was "despicable" for bringing up Floyd.

The Mayor of Washington DC, Democrat Muriel Bowser, renaming the plaza near the White House "Black Lives Matter Plaza" with the name "Black Lives Matter" spelled out in large yellow letters on the street there.   Her move not looked upon positively by the "Black Lives Matter" organization which said her move was:

"a performative distraction from real policy changes"

and:

"a way to appease white liberals while ignoring our demands"

BBC NEWS STORY

Questions being asked about the federal law enforcement drone that flew over Minneapolis last Friday (May 29th).     Not much information coming from the feds about who was behind it.    Minnesota's governor signed a bill this spring requiring a warrant for the use of drones and other technologies by state and local law enforcement.......MINNEAPOLIS STAR-TRIBUNE

57 BUFFALO, NEW YORK POLICE OFFICERS RESIGNING FROM A SPECIAL RIOT UNIT IN PROTEST AT THE FIRING OF TWO OFFICERS INVOLVED IN A SHOVING INCIDENT THAT SERIOUSLY INJURED A PROTESTER.........BUFFALO NEWS STORY

In Portland, Oregon tonight Mayor Ted Wheeler announcing a 30-day ban on police use of "sonic warning tones" against protesters .   Wheeler also considering a ban on tear gas for 30 days.   Seattle authorities announced a 30 day tear gas ban today.....OREGONLIVE STORY

Australian police and Prime Minister Scott Morrison opposing a "Black Lives Matter" rally in Sydney on Saturday.     The police in New South Wales state going to court to get a ban and the Prime Minister also warning about health dangers of spreading Covid-19.     The protest over the death of George Floyd in the US.   Organizers determined to press forward.   A last minute appeal to a higher court filed Saturday morning in Australia....ABC NEWS AUSTRALIA

A three-year old British girl who disappeared in Portugal in 2007 now presumed dead as German authorities investigate an imprisoned man.    The man called "Christian B" was in the area where  Madeleine McCann was last seen........BBC NEWS

Protesters in Mexico reacting to the death in police custody of a man said to have been arrested for not wearing a mask over his face because of the coronavirus.     A police car vandalized and then burned during the demonstration in the country's second largest city Guadalajara.......REUTERS STORY IN CANADA'S GLOBE AND MAIL

The US is cutting back on the number of troops in Germany.   A US official says President Trump has issued the orders that will cut the force there from 34,500 to 25,000........REUTERS STORY PUBLISHED BY YNET ISRAEL

Thousands holding a vigil in Hong Kong to commemorate the Chinese government crackdown on protesters in Tiananmen  Square in Beijing on June 4th, 1989 that killed and injured thousands of people.......CNN VIDEO REPORT

Several authors of a study that raised the notion that more deaths could be caused by the use of hydroxychloroquine to treat Covid-19 retracting their report.   They said that independent reviewers were unable to access the database of the Chicago  based company Surgisphere that supported the findings of the study......ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS

China is now going to allow foreign airlines some access to the country.    The decision by China's civil aviation authority follows a US move to ban Chinese airline flights into the US starting June 16th.     There is word that US is going to ease that ban on Chinese flights in the coming days.....MIDDLE EAST NEWS AGENCY

A new bill introduced in the US Senate to increase sanctions against the Nord Stream 2 pipeline that is to bring Russian natural gas to Western Europe.    The legislation targets the insurance companies covering two ships involved in plans to complete the pipeline.

The US pushing Western Europe to buy US produced natural gas instead.    The Russian News Agency Tass reports that the company behind the project is analyzing the potential results of any new sanctions and that a German official has expressed opposition to "extraterritorial sanctions".......LINK STORY ONE.......LINK STORY TWO

France says it killed an Al Qaeda leader in North Africa this week.    On Wednesday the French military involved in an operation that took the life of Abdelmalek Droukdel.   He is described as the Emir of Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb........REUTERS-ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS

IN AFGHANISTAN THE US LAUNCHING AIRSTRIKES AGAINST THE TALIBAN WHILE THE TALIBAN AMBUSHED AN AFGHAN POLICE CONVOY KILLING 10........ASSOCIATED PRESS STORY PUBLISHED BY ABC

Russia promising a response in kind after two of its diplomats were expelled from the Czech Republic.  

The expulsions followed media reports alleging a Russian plot to kill the mayor of the nation's capital city Prague.......

Jews who live in Judea and Samaria , commonly called the West Bank, concerned about President Trump's "Deal of the Century" plan that will give Palestinians control of the 70 percent of the land in the region.    Some believe they will be in a dangerous situation unable to enter and leave their communities without military protection.......ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS

The number of Covid-19 cases at two meat processing plants in Austin, Minnesota have jumped from a couple of dozen to more than 200 in the last two weeks.     The Hormel Foods and Quality Pork Processors facilities employ some 3,100 people.......MINNEAPOLIS STAR-TRIBUNE

The coronavirus story around the world and in the UK as reported by BBC News today on its blog......BBC NEWS CORONAVIRUS BLOG 6/5/2020

The Justice Department indicted four current and former executives in the chicken producing industry this week alleging conspiracy to fix prices and rig bids between 2012 and 2017.   There is an ongoing antitrust investigation underway........FORBES NEWS STORY

Walmart moved guns and ammunition off the sales floors of some stores this week as a precaution.     The move because of looting associated with the George Floyd protests across the country.

NEWS SUMMARY-INTELLIGENCE REPORT THURSDAY 6/4/2020

(LIMITED SERVICE WITH SPORADIC POSTING THROUGH LATE THURSDAY)

WHILE THE BUSINESS AND POLITICAL ELITES TALK ABOUT RACISM IN THE AFTERMATH OF THE POLICE KILLING OF GEORGE FLOYD,  THE NOTION THAT POLICE ARE OUT OF CONTROL IS BEING DOWNPLAYED YET THAT REMAINS THE CONCERN OF MANY AMERICANS EXPRESSED IN THEIR CONCERN ABOUT DE FACTO MARTIAL LAW AND RESISTANCE TO IT......

LAST WEEK IN BRAZORIA COUNTY, TEXAS  "PARK PATRIOTS" MOVED ONTO A CLOSED DOWN PARK AND BEGAN TO USE IT AND CONFRONTED THE POLICE TO TAKE BACK THEIR CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS.....PARK PATRIOTS FREEDOM PARK MOBILIZATION...AND VICTORY

Syrian air defenses activated tonight in response to an Israel attack.....Damage reported with Syria saying there were no casualties........The site of the attack in the vicinity of Masayaf in the Hama governate northwest of Homs and northeast ot Tartus........The Israeli aircraft operating from Lebanese airs pace and reportedly targeting a "military research facility"........SYRIAN ARAB NEWS AGENCY......SOUTHFRONT (WITH EMBEDDED VIDEOS)

American Michael White freed from an Iranian prison after an Iranian national put on trial in the US returned home to Iran.     White was flown by a Swiss aircraft to Zurich where he met US officials and spoke by phone with President Trump.......FOX NEWS STORY.....There's also word that another Iranian national,  Dr. Majid Taheri, has been freed from a US jail.   Iran had recently expressed interest in a full exchange of prisoners with the United States.

South Korea's government moving to end anti-North Korean regime messages from being sent by balloon across the border.     The move comes after the balloon launches were denounced  by the sister of North Korean ruler Kim Jong-un.........BBC NEWS STORY

Russia's embassy in Syria confirming delivery of a second group of MIG-29 fighters to Syria's air force.     The aircraft handed over to the Syrians at Russia's Hmeimim airbase then moved to bases around the country.......TASS NEWS AGENCY

Iran reporting more than 3-thousand new coronavirus cases for the fourth day in a row......Today 3,574 new cases reported the highest number ever in the country for a single day......FRANCE 24 NEWS STORY

Some 118 new cases reported today in Israel with concern about new cases developing as students returned to school in the country........YNET NEWS ISRAEL

The coronavirus story around the world as interpreted by BBC News on its daily blog......BBC NEWS CORONAVIRUS BLOG 6/4/2020

The National Hurricane Center tracking a tropical depression over Mexico's Yucutan Peninsula that's expected to move over the Gulf of Mexico and head north towards the United States over the weekend........NHC ADVISORY 6/4/2020 11 PM EST

That's the way it really is Thursday June 4th, 2020.......

NEWS SUMMARY-INTELLIGENCE REPORT WEDNESDAY 6/3/2020

(LIMITED POSTING SPORADICALLY THROUGH LATE WEDNESDAY)

Minnesota's Attorney General Keith Ellison raising the charges against former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin in the murder of George Floyd.   Chauvin will now be charged with second degree murder instead of third.     The three other former officers present when Chauvin put his knee on Floyd's neck being charged with abetting murder........MINNEAPOLIS STAR-TRIBUNE.....

The autopsy for George Floyd included the details that he tested positive for Covid-19 on April 3rd but was asymptomatic......ASSOCIATED PRESS STORY

Tonight in Washington DC regular army troops facing off in the streets with protesters outside the White House........LIVE VIDEO LINK

The protests continued across the United States yesterday over the murder of George Floyd by a now former Minneapolis police officer..      Overall the mainstream media reporting "less violence".    Portland Police Chief Jami Resch posted on Twitter late last night that "riot control agents" were employed near Justice Center to deal with "criminal activity"....

Here in York, Pennsylvania some one thousand people on the streets in protest yesterday with the crowd described as "rowdy".....YORK DISPATCH

Former Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein testifying before the Senate Judiciary Committee today defending his role in appointing a special counsel to look into collusion between Russia and President Trump's campaign......IRISH INDEPENDENT NEWS STORY

US OFFICIALS SAY THAT JEWISH SETTLER OPPOSITION TO PRESIDENT TRUMP'S "DEAL OF THE CENTURY"  SHOWS INGRATITUDE.

THE CHAIRMAN OF THE YESHA COUNCIL OF "WEST BANK"  SETTLERS, DAVID ELHAYANI, SAYS THAT THE TRUMP PLAN PROVES THAT BOTH THE PRESIDENT TRUMP AND HIS SON-IN-LAW JARED KUSHNER ARE  "NOT FRIENDS OF THE STATE OF ISRAEL".    ELHAYANI SAID THAT THEY ARE "PROMOTING THEIR OWN INTERESTS AHEAD OF THE UPCOMING ELECTION (US PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION)".......ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS STORY

The US will impose a ban on Chinese airline flights into the US starting June 16th.   That's in response to China's refusal to allow US airlines to resume flights to China.......

China angered by British Prime Minister Boris Johnson's plans to offer Hong Kong residents British visas, asylum in the UK and a pathway to British citizenship.    China's foreign ministry says the plan will "backfire".  The British reacting to China's plans for a new Hong Kong "security law" in the former British territory......AL JAZEERA QATAR NEWS STORY

The Russian pipe laying vessel Akademik Chersky is registered under new ownership in a bid to evade US sanctions on construction of the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline.     The pipe laying ship will seek to finish the last stretch of the Nord Stream 2 following imposition of US sanctions to stop Nord Stream 2 in defense spending legislation signed by President Trump last December.....SOUTHFRONT STORY

Some of the coronavirus rules of the South African government deemed "irrational" in a court ruling.   The judge ruled those regulations "unconsititutional and invalid"....BBC NEWS

The coronavirus blog from BBC News following developments around the world today......BBC NEWS CORONAVIRUS BLOG 6/3/2020

NEWS SUMMARY-INTELLIGENCE REPORT TUESDAY 6/2/2020

(LIMITED SERVICE WHEN ABLE THROUGH LATE TUESDAY)

Tonight protests continuing in spite of curfew restrictions in numerous US cities over the murder of George Floyd by a former Minneapolis police officer.    One site of the protests is the White House with a group gathered outside late this evening.....LIVE VIDEO WHITE HOUSE PROTEST

Protesters on the streets of Louisville tonight over the Floyd killing and that of Breonna Taylor in a no-knock police raid on March 13th.     Police said it was a drug raid but they found no drugs at her residence......VIDEO LINK

"I have no idea if it was planned or not.   I do know that a man lost his life in a terrible, senseless, violent way and it makes me sick.    It upsets me to no end that officers of the law treat people the way they do.    As if they are part of a higher species that the rest of us.   But now?   Just seem to be impeccable timing for a national change of the headlines."

The view of Libertarian activist Ammon Bundy who wonders if people in power want to distract from the martial law restrictions they have imposed on the people of the United States in name of the coronavirus  and their consequences so far and the consequences to come......FACEBOOK POST

Oregon Patriot activist B.J. Soper, who participated in the peaceful 2016 Oregon Standoff protest that led to the the FBI led law enforcement murder of Arizona rancher LaVoy Finicum, says the corruption of law enforcement is a problem for all Americans to be concerened about.....His video posted on the "Bundy Ranch" Facebook page.......BJ SOPER VIDEO ON FACEBOOK

Six Atlanta police officers charged after a video showing police pulling two young people from a car and shooting them with stun guns......ASSOCIATED PRESS NEWS STORY PUBLISHED BY ABC 6 PHILADELPHIA

The Russian Embassy in the US condemning police attacks on journalists covering the street protests-riots going on in the country.

The embassy wrote on its Facebook account that rubber bullets and tear gas were used against journalists and especially noted the case of Sputnik producer Nicole Rousell who was beaten by police with batons and fired on with flash bang rounds sustaining injuries.     Sputnik is a Russian governmenrt owned media outlet......TASS NEWS STORY

Twitter suspending hundreds of accounts that claimed there was a communications blackout in Washington   DC  designed to hamper protests in the city.    Another account suspended with Twitter saying it was inciting violence.......BBC NEWS

PRIMARY ELECTION DAY TODAY IN EIGHT STATES AND THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.   ONE STATE WITH RESULTS TONIGHT IS RHODE ISLAND WHERE JOE BIDEN IS PROJECTED THE WINNER OVER BERNIE SANDERS WHO DROPPED OUT OF THE PRESIDENTIAL RACE EARLIER THIS YEAR.......

BBC News is also following the protest story in the United States.....BBC NEWS BLOG USA PROTESTS RIOTS 6/2/2020

The Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte doing a U-turn on an agreement to allow US forces in his country.    In February Duterte had said he was backing away from a "Visting Forces Agreement" with the US when a US visa for a former police chief and Senator was revoked.    His foreign minister says things have changed since then leading to decision to continue the agreement.....RUSSIA TODAY

An Iranian scientist acquitted at his trial in the United States last year is now on his way to Iran.   The US and Iran working out a dispute over the status of Sirous Angari first.    Then there was a wait because of the coronavirus until an airline flight could be found to deport Angari back to Iran.... ASSOCIATED PRESS

There's been a declaration of an Ebola outbreak in the African nation of Democratic Republic of Congo.    Five people reported dead in the western port city of Mbandaka.......CNN STORY

The BBC News coronavirus blog reports on the COVID-19 story.........BBC NEWS CORONAVIRUS BLOG 6/2/2020

And that's the way it really is Tuesday June 2nd, 2020.......

NEXTRUSH UNPLUGGED:  THE MONDAY SPECIAL "I'M IN THE MIDDLE"

Before we get to tonight's situation on the ground straight talk from Ammon Bundy in a video posted yesterday......

"I see how there is no accountability in the law enforcement and justice system, none.    It's become just a political machine has nothing to do with justice."

"People are getting killed by those who are supposed to be protecting us and most of the time they don't get accountable, they're not accountable for it."

"Then when people riot and protest, burn police cars, businesses all the sudden they act like now they care and they decide they're going to prosecute a man   (Derek Chauvin) who's already killed four people."

FULL AMMON BUNDY VIDEO

And so here we are Ammon Bundy providing some leadership and speaking some truth as he advocates for the notion that:

"Cowboys Lives Matter"

reminding us of the Oregon State Police gunning down LaVoy Finicum on January 26, 2016 in Harney County, Oregon during the Oregon Standoff protest.      They were part of an FBI led operation and did not have their body cameras on as required by OSP rules.    The shooter got promoted from Lieutenant to Captain.



The show plays out tonight in cities across the country and various things can be seen from live video....

11 ALIVE ATLANTA PROTEST LIVE VIDEO

9 NEWS DENVER LIVE VIDEO

KARE 11 MINNEAPOLIS-ST. PAUL LIVE VIDEO

ABC 7 SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA LIVE VIDEO

NBC NEW YORK LIVE VIDEO

WFAA DALLAS LIVE VIDEO

The scene from Philadelphia as protesters blocked an expressway there earlier today......

NBC 10 VIDEO

The BBC up with a blog tonight on all that is happening including reaction to President Trump's speech and photo op earlier in the evening......

BBC BLOG PROTESTS VIOLENCE GEORGE FLOYD

And to Portland, Oregon where Maxine Bernstein of "OregonLive" has a Twitter feed with some links to update on the Portland situation.......

MAXINE BERNSTEIN OREGON LIVE TWITTER

AND NOW THE STORY OF WHAT HAPPENED RIGHT HERE ALMOST WITHIN SHOUTING DISTANCE OF WHERE I LIVE TODAY........

PROTEST TURNS VIOLENT AS HUNDREDS MARCH THROUGH YORK CITY STREETS

AND THE PICTURES IN THAT STORY POLICE OFFICERS KNEELING IN DOWNTOWN YORK, PA AND THAT HAPPENED IN MANY PLACES TODAY INCLUDING PHILLY WHERE THE POLICE AND NATIONAL GUARD DID IT ALONG WITH A GROUP OF PROTESTERS EARLIER TODAY.......

Back to Washington and video of what happened on the south side of the White House this evening Military Police in the confrontation there tonight......



PROTESTERS-MILITARY POLICE CLASH IN WASHINGTON DC, THIS EVENING 6/1/2020




FROM PORTLAND THE LIVE VIDEO OF PROTESTERS SITTING DOWN IN THE DOWNTOWN AREA........



KGW PORTLAND LIVE VIDEO



POLICE HAVE FIRED TEAR GAS AND MADE ARRESTS AFTER THE 8 PM CURFEW WENT INTO EFFECT THERE IN THE LAST HALF-HOUR IN OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA




ABC 7 BAY AREA LIVE VIDEO



A BRIDGE BLOCKED BY PROTESTERS TONIGHT IN DALLAS WHO ARE BEING ARRESTED




AND THIS IS A PROTEST VIDEO SITTING DOWN AT AN INTERSECTION IN MINNEAPOLIS LIVE VIDEO




MINNEAPOLIS PROTEST VIGIL....6/1/2020




AND A FIRE AT THE LOCATION WHERE A MAN WAS SHOT AND KILLED BY THE AUTHORITIES LAST NIGHT IN LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY.    THAT'S WHERE BREONNA TAYLOR WAS KILLED IN THE NO-KNOCK POLICE RAID MARCH 13TH AND HER NAME HAS BEEN ON THE LIPS OF SOME PROTESTERS IN RECENT DAYS ALONG WITH GEORGE FLOYD'S




WAVE 3 LOUISVILLE STORY





THIS VIDEO FROM BUFFALO WHICH I TAKE TO MEAN BUFFALO NEW YORK SAID TO SHOWING MID WAY INTO IT A VEHICLE DRIVING THROUGH THE FORMATION OF POLICE IN THE STREET  AND  IT LOOKS LIKE AT LEAST ONE OF THEM WAS HURT




SUV DRIVE INTO GROUP OF COPS AFTER THEY MAKE ARRESTS IN BUFFALO

Good Night and God Bless

NEWS SUMMARY-INTELLIGENCE REPORT MONDAY 6/1/2020

(LIMITED SPORADIC SERVICE WHEN ABLE THROUGH MONDAY EVENING)

China makes a move to end imports of American agricultural products but first.......

SPEAKING IN A VIDEO POSTED SUNDAY LIBERTARIAN ACTIVIST AND PEOPLE'S RIGHTS LEADER AMMON BUNDY SPOKE ABOUT THE PRESENT SITUATION  ACROSS THE UNITED STATES NOTING AMONG OTHER THINGS:

"There's a middle ground that's right.....the police haven't been right they're not right, rioters are not right, they're in the wrong and they both become criminals.    You've got the police acting like criminals, rioters acting like criminals"

BUNDY NOTED THAT HIS FAMILY AND FRIENDS HAVE EXPERIENCED WHAT MEMBERS OF THE AFRICAN-AMERICAN COMMUNITY HAVE IN CONNECTION WITH THE BUNKERVILLE STANDOFF AND OREGON STANDOFF PROTESTS.    BUNDY IS WILLING TO PROTEST WITH 'BLACK LIVES MATTER' IF THEY DO NOT ENGAGE IN VIOLENT ACTS THAT HARM PEOPLE OR PROPERTY.

HE IS WILLING TO STAND WITH ANYONE WHO IS WILLING TO STAND AGAINST INJUSTICE.....FACEBOOK AMMON BUNDY

The owner of a Lousiville, Kentucky business shot dead when Louisville Police and National Guard forces opened fired early this morning.     They claimed they were fired upon.     David McAtee's sister said   "My brother did nothing wrong.   He was an innocent person"....WAVE-TV

The Louisville Metropolitan Police Department chief was fired today following the incident.....The killing of George Floyd isn't the only issue driving tensions in Louisville.     The killing of EMT Breonna Taylor in a March 13th no-knock police raid has caused outrage in that city.

Attorneys representing the family of George Floyd releasing findings of their autopsy concluding that Floyd was killed by asphyxiation.

The findings contradict those of the Hennepin County Medical Examiner that says there were various factors contributing to his death including being restrained....MINNEAPOLIS STAR-TRIBUNE STORY

Police in Boston releasing the names of the 53 people arrested in connection with George Floyd protests there.....BOSTON HERALD STORY

In Washington DC late last night police cracked down on protesters around the White House as an 11 pm curfew approached.      Two buildings set on fire the St. John's Church and the AFL-CIO labor union building.........WUSA TV NEWS REPORT....In front of that boarded up church tonight following a police tear gassing of demonstrators there President Trump doing a photo op holding a Bible then moving to the Rose Garden of the White House announcing invocation of the "Insurrection Act" and saying that "thousands" of "heavily armed" police and soldiers were on their way to deal with violence.     Military Police are deployed now on the streets of Washington DC along with the National Guard and police...PRESIDENT TRUMP PHOTO OP 6/1/2020......PRESIDENT TRUMP SPEECH 6/1/2020

MORE ON TONIGHT'S SITUATION WITH PROTESTS AND VIOLENCE FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS IN A SPECIAL POST......NEXTRUSH UNPLUGGED: THE MONDAY SPECIAL "I'M IN THE MIDDLE"

The rampaging violence in urban areas spread to suburban areas yesterday including  Walnut Creek, California some 16 miles east of Oakland.     A woman shot and shops looted leading to a curfew....EAST BAY TIMES STORY

In the San Francisco Bay Area Sunday some churches opened up for indoor services in violation of  California Democrat Governor Gavin Newsom's orders prohibiting them because of the coronavirus......EAST BAY TIMES STORY

TWO AIRMEN DEAD FOLLOWING AN EARLY MORNING SHOOTING AT THE GRAND FORKS AIR FORCE BASE IN NORTH DAKOTA.    OFFICIALS SAY THERE IS NO RISK TO OTHER PERSONNEL AND NO ADDITIONAL INFORMATION HAS BEEN RELEASED......CBS NEWS STORY

China's Foreign Ministry says that China will retaliate for US actions against it.    President Trump announced a series of steps against China on Friday.

"Any words or actions by the U.S. that harm China's interests will meet with China's firm counterattack"

the words of Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijan......REUTERS STORY

THOSE WORDS ARE REPORTEDLY BEING TRANSLATED INTO ACTION WITH WORD THAT CHINA IS HALTING PURCHASES OF US SOYBEANS AND PORK.   BUSINESSES OWNED BY THE GOVERNMENT ARE ALSO HALTING PURCHASES OF CORN AND COTTON FROM THE US ACCORDING TO REUTERS......THE HILL NEWS STORY

President Trump talking today with Russia's President Vladimir Putin about Trump's G 7 summit plans that include possible invitations to Russia along with Australia, India and South Korea to participate.

Putin offering congratulations on the successful launch of the Crew Dragon spacecraft by NASA over the weekend......TASS NEWS AGENCY

CANADIAN PRIME MINISTER JUSTIN TRUDEAU SAID TODAY THAT RUSSIA SHOULD NOT BE INCLUDED IN THE G7 BECAUSE IT CONTINUES TO OPERATE OUTSIDE OF INTERNATIONAL LAWS AND NORMS.....REUTERS NEWS STORY

BBC News is following the coronavirus story around the world on its daily blog......BBC NEWS CORONAVIRUS BLOG

That's the way it really is on Monday June 1, 2020........