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Ray proctor teaches a class about contributions to the africanamerican theater and the Pulitzer Prize winning play fences. Today were going to look at August Wilsons fences. Well begin with a very brief discussion about who and what August Wilson was, his goal as a playwrig playwright. Im going to repeat some stuff youve heard before from our inclass conversation but theres going to be some stuff im going to talk about in a little bit more depth than we talked about last class. On thursday you g...

Of the more than 53,000 cases across the u. S. About 700 people have now died nationwide. Another sign of how dramatically the world has changed the summer olympics have been postponed until next year. On wall street today, the dow had its biggest oneday gain since 1933, after congress signaled it is very close to an agreement on the largest stimulus bill in history. Were talking about more than 2 trillion. So were going to begin tonight with meg oliver, who is at the center of the crisis there ...

Many of the jets not currently in service are parked in locations like this. Modern aircrafts share space with vintage planes as well as the still in limbo boeing 737 max. With so many planes grounded, thousands of americans who are stuck abroad are trying desperately to get back to the u. S. The state Department Says an estimated 9,000 americans have been repatriated from 28 countries, but thousands more remain stranded. Abc news caught up with just a few of them. My mom and i are travel buddie...

The nations governors as he struggles to project hes managing the corona Virus Outbreak. The president has been eager to promote any positive news at his briefing earlier in the day trump announced he was pushing the food and Drug Administration to fast track treatments for coronavirus patients including making available and antimalarial drug theyve gone through the approval process its been approved and they did it they took it down from many many months to. Immediate so were going to be able t...

And dangerous air pollution levels are going down. Devastated by fighting traffic juicer the virus libyans are coping with a new crisis plus another had. A mix of around in the woods on their island the gateway to australias Great Barrier reef. Find out why some tourism operators say its putting the rate. At risk. Virus has now led to the deaths of more people in italy than anywhere else in the world and at the moment theres no sign of the spread of the virus slowing down just over 3400 people h...

Good afternoon and welcome to the aspen institute. My name is nick burns, executive director of the Aspen Strategy Group and the aspen security forum. Its a great pleasure to see this crowd. You all again cspan so be on your best behavior. And we are here to launch a a y important book on the future of the u. S. China relationship called the struggle forth powe. I agree friend could not be here with us but hes very much part of this effort. I want to pay tribute to our former secretary of defens...

About 15 minutes. We will carry that for you live. But first, a sad update from Sonoma County which announced its first covid19 death. Santa clara is the hardest hit with more than 200 cases. Also in the south bay, Santa Clara University conforms a law student has the virus. The student is selfisolating and hasnt been on campus since march 6th. The university is Still Closing all dorms, asking students to be out by monday. Governor newsom has deployed the national guard. Not for Law Enforcement ...

Area. Santa clara county is still the hardest hit with 263 cases, followed by san mateo county. Now at 110 cases. San francisco is now up to 84 cases, and Alameda County is at 65. Meanwhile, San Francisco is expediting the hiring of healthcare workers. They would like to address the shortage of nurses at the city works to contain the coronavirus outbreak. We report from San Francisco General Hospital where there was a job there for nurses today. Reporter it is an invite only jobs here. The appli...

Outbreak a global pandemic. Cdc has now reported that we have almost one thousand confirmed cases. That is up from 100 reported cases a week ago. A 900 increase. Americans are worried. They are scared. It is essential that we are able to hear directly from the Health Officials leading this effort with just the facts. Im going to go to the republican side first, which is where we left off. Before i do that, without objection, the following three letters we sent on march 3rd to hhs and cdc request...

Respirators used in manufacturing and in mining and in construction could be used in health care settings. They are very similar but not the same but could be used that way. And the only thing thats keeping a lot of manufacturers from selling those masks to the Broader Health care population is because of Liability Provisions or lack of liability protections. There is the public readiness Emergency Preparedness act passed in 2005 that basically indemnifies manufacturers, distributors, and users ...