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........