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But im going to get back into surfing, get back on my board and i will do it better this time, try and be sustainable and green, and see what i can find out. because all of this is a world away from surfings origins. riding waves was once a sacred practice. in ancient hawaii it was a way for men and women to praise the ocean gods. surfing struggled through colonisation, but by the 1920s the so—called king of surfing, duke kahanamoku, was spreading his love of the surf abroad. even the future k...

Federal. there are different quirks of the american system of federalism. two of the charges hes facing are to do what while he was in office. the federal case in washington, dc about january six and the case washington, dc aboutjanuary six and the case in georgia. the differences that georgia being a say case they normally do allow cameras in the courtroom for them in a way that the federal courts do not and never and are likely to. the anticipation is that for the first time we will see donald...

Well, merrick garland wont be there if you are president. it was all the usual nonsense. no substance whatsoever. on the biggest issue of them all, asked about donald trump, the six of the eight raised their hands. i would have loved to have seen a follow-up question saying, so just to be clear, if hes running from prison, as eugene debs did in the 1920s, are you going to support the guy in the prison cell when he runs for president? i would have loved to have seen their response to that. ron de...

Faintly critical. i think were safe to say we have never seen a situation like that ever before in american history. its dangerous. its totally contrary to what the founders of this country intended. >> now, its not even clear that he will -- that these trials will take place before the election, but he could actually -- if he were convicted, if he were imprisoned, which is, you know, a real hypothetical, he could run from jail. eugene debs did in 1920. >> right. >> but debs was, as you well kno...

Has been a constant throughout all of their lives. jackson family, lets go. my son just asked me when i was last on this ride and i said probably about 50 years ago. ready? i came to blackpool with my- grandparents as an eight—year—old. nine—year—old, ten—year—old — i was on here every year. - but im going to go on it for old times sake. - for old times sake. i want to go again. go again, yeah. you want to go again? yes! the uks oldest wooden roller coaster is this — margate scen...

I came to blackpool with my- grandparents as an eight—year—old. nine—year—old, ten—year—old — i was on here every year. - but im going to go on it for old times sake. - i want to go again. go again, yeah. you want to go again? yes! the uks oldest wooden roller coaster is this — margate scenic, which opened in 1920, three years before blackpool�*s big dipper. in 1932, great yarmouths scenic roller coaster opened — still thrilling people today. all three roller coasters so prec...

And the events of november 1920 were largely forgotten. until now. >> since i have been governor we have added to which type of african american issues -- we have mandatory instruction on the election day riots in 1920. >> the new curriculum in florida schools championed by governor ron desantis mandates that students learn about what happened in ocoee. but only if that instruction includes acts of violence perpetrated against and by african americans. it is an apparent reference to the two wigh...

>> he was arrested and brought into orlando where the orange county jail is. the mob followed him and took him out of the jail and hung him, and left his body hanging for days, as intimidation so other african americans who would contemplate voting in orange county would see what would happen. >> a lot of what the plan was trying to do, the kkk were trying to do was to suppress the vote by using violence. normally it worked. it worked pretty well here. >> the black death toll from that day is no...

African american issues like we did -- we have mandatory -- the election day riots in 1920. >> the new curriculum in florida schools championed by governor ron desantis, mandates that students learn about what happened in ocoee. but only of that instruction includes acts of violence perpetrated against and by african americans. its an apparent reference to the two white men killed at perrys home, and it obscures the fact that the massacre targeted black citizens. >> there have been comments abou...

Myself by might name anymore. i get nervous when i bump into someone i know in the grocery store who says my name. im worried about who is listening. i get nervous when i have to give my name for food orders. i am always concerned of who is around me. ive lost my name and i have lost my reputation. ive lost my sense of security. >> a lot of threats wishing death upon me, telling me that i will be in jail with my mother and saying things like im glad it is 2020 and not 1920. >> what a lot of thes...