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My grandfather had 500 invested in the stock market. He lost it. This is when people were jumping out the window and so forth. And my grandparents were teachers. I think he taught languages in music. I dont know what my grandmother taught. But they moved from virginia to philadelphia. And that started the family, split the family because my grandparents couldnt get a job. They said they didnt hire black teachers in philly. They had black children going to integrated schools, but no black teacher...

Couch somewhere in the world, this is the daily social distancing show, with trevor noah. Trevor last night was the Halfway Point of the allvirtual Democratic National convention, and the night began with the conventions keynote address. Now, traditionally, the keynote is given by one speaker who goes on to either become president or the grandpa you hide from company. But this year, the keynote was delivered by 17 people, giving exposure to a broader range of the partys rising stars, while also ...

Why this man is holding a plate of calamari, and why Kamala Harris isnt really black. So lets do this, people welcome to the daily social distancing show. Announcer from trevors couch in new york city to your couch somewhere in the world, this is the daily social distancing show, with trevor noah. Trevor last night was the Halfway Point of the allvirtual Democratic National convention, and the night began with the conventions keynote address. Now, traditionally, the keynote is given by one speak...

Laura bush, what was your initial reaction the first time your husband said, i think im going to run for president . I cant really remember exactly what my initial reaction was. I think it was a little bit slower than just all of a sudden saying im going to run for president. He was governor. He had been governor roy interim and reelected and slowly i think we just both started talking about it. He talked about it and of course other people were talking to him about it and i knew what it was lik...

Watch American History tv this weekend on cspan3. Up next on American History tv on cspan3, an interview laura bush, what was your initial reaction the first time your husband said i think im going to run for president . Well, i cant really remember initially what my act reaction was. I think it was a bit slower than all of a sudden saying im going to run for president. He was governor and had been governor for one term and reelected and i slowly think we both started talking about it. He talked...

He talked about it and of course other people were talking to him about it. I knew what it was like. I knew already what it would be like to run for president. I knew what it would be like to live in the white house. George and i had an advantage that only one other family has had so far, the John Quincy Adams family. Because wed seen somebody we loved in that office, and we visited him very often. We moved to washington in fact in 1987, rather, to work on president bushs campaign. And so i saw ...

Kill cops. Bullet holes are still visible where the 53yearold officer Pat Underwood lost his life and his partner was seriously injured. In that same complex today, federal Law Enforcement officials announced he was murdered because he wore a uniform. He wore it to signify his authority to protect the federal courthouse where we are gathered here today. The explain contains photographs of a white van that parked at the intersection. It says 30yearold rob was the driver. A man later identified as...

People out into the world too soon. So, when is the right time . Well get to that question in a moment. First, the latest headlines. The coronavirus death toll in the u. S. Has risen to more than 53,000. The number of cases is inching closer to 1 million. There are 938,000 in this country. The World Health Organization caused somenn satu reporting there is no evidence that people who had coronavirus would be immune from getting it again. That, of course, would be a Major Public Health setback. T...

Members of congress, government officials and technology leaders. Brewster kahle, what you do for living . I run the archives. Internet library on the internet that catalogs books, trying to build the internet into the library of alexandria for the digital age. That sounds like the internet. Doesnt it . Guest the internet is getting there but the published works is not fast enough. The average life of a webpage is only 100 days. Before it is changed or deleted. One hundred days. We built our cul...

The Global Pandemic toll now more than 101500 more than 1600000 confirmed cases of the coronavirus now as that number of new infections slows down and italy one of the worst hit countries is the leaning toward extending the lock down to early may this is to help ease that spread of the corona virus britains Prime Minister Boris Johnson was moved out of the intensive care but he remains hospitalized for treatment of the coven 19 a spokesman said that he remains in good spirits well the u. K. Is a...