Their parents in 1918. People of all cultures struggled with the same terrible threat. And within a matter of months as many as 50 million would be dad. In the United States, the death toll reached 675,000. Five times the number of u. S. Soldiers killed in world war i. What was that deadly threat . There were many people who died, who had just come from before from mexico where we were living. On account of the mexican revolution. I was about ten years old. I was the oldest, and my Four Brothers and sisters of the family, only my dad and my sister didnt get it. My two brothers were in one room sect. I was sick in the other bedroom with my mother. My poor dad and sister had to be our attendance and see what they can do for us. We had such a high fever. Mother told me that i saw her black hair was a cat. And i was afraid that it was delirium from the high fever. Every week on account of the high fever, and most schools, public spaces, every place was closed. For two or three weeks. I was
Lockdown, which goes into effect three hours from now. Good evening. We begin in the french city of nice, where a man armed with a knife killed three people. The first victim was an elderly woman. Another was a mother in her 40s. The third was a father of two, also in his 40s. The assailant was shot and wounded by police and is now in the hospital. Todays brut killingcome less than two weeks after a frenchman was beheaded in front of his school in the paris suburbs after showing cartoons of the prophet mohammed to his pupils in a teaching of freedom of speech. Mac hasron president macron has called this a terrorist attack and has called for the people to stand united. I wanted to pass on a message of solitude. It is also a message of unity. In france, the resulting one community, the National Community there is only one community, the National Community. I want to say to my citizens, whatever their religion, whether they believe or not, we must, in these moments, unite and not given to
Decades. Her class lasts about an hour. Today were going to talk about topic 18 which is Southeast Asian refugee migrations. If youve been following the news, i imagine, you like me, have found it difficult to ignore the topic of refugees. This is an image of a refugees experience fleeing communist vietnam in 1975, but in many ways, it reminds us of images that we might see on the news today. Its hard to ignore the human stories of families perishing at sea, refugees are suffocating in meat trucks, theyre crowding onto leaky boats, theyre drowning the bodies of those who are unable to cross to safety, are washing up on mediterranean beaches. And refugees have been in the news for the past few years particularly related to the crisis in syria, but refugees are being uprooted by conflict all around the world. So were not just talking about refugees coming from syria, but from other wartorn regions. Especially in the past couple of years, its been difficult to ignore the public response t
And so if i wanted to say, well, the presidency in humor, humor in the white house didnt quite do it. But then i thought about it some more and actually it does work because neither of the first two president has a sense of humor. So it gets me out of that problem. But, im going to follow the lead of perhaps the most successful humorist in the white house. It might not be the person youre thinking of by doing what he always did, in most cases what he did at the beginning of a talk, he started with a joke. Again, some of you will have heard this joke, but please pretend you havent heard it before and laugh at the appropriate point. So this is a joke and this is a key to part of my story. That Ronald Reagan used to tap. And the key is, as youll see, Ronald Reagan was effectively telling the story on himself. It related to a time in his career when he didnt know sort what he was doing or where he was going. As you will know of Ronald Reagan, he had two careers primarily. He was a film act
Today and always. The freeman foundation. By judy and Peter Blum Kovler foundation; pursuing solutions for americas neglected needs. And by contributions to this pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Tty i am katty kay in washington and this is bbc world news america. Back to wuhan, we are in the city where it all started. Did the coronavirus come from this market or did it not . A kiss and tell book from inside the trump white house. A former advisor claimed President Trump asked china to help him get reelected. Distracted, overloaded, stressed out, thats how my brain feels, what about yours . A look at how covid is affecting our great matter gray matter. Katty welcome to bbc world news america. As of today, more than 8 Million People around the world have been infected with the coronavirus. Almost half a million have died. If somebody told you that back in december, you may not have believed them. Back then, the coronavirus was a disease with a curious name in a city none of