Do a citizens guide. What did you mean by that . Guest i wanted to write a book that would be a first draft of the history of the law of epidemics with the year of co covid and beyond but that it would speak to an interested reader and not just a specialist in the field. There are lots of specialists, and i thought my value added mighvalueaddedmight be to trane in the field to readers that are just fascinated we never thought about the past epidemics that we are certainly thinking about them now, particularly what can we learn from them and what do we know when its going to be over. But i want to begin if i can at the end of your book and then pivot back at the end of the interview to ask more about this question. You write america has two histories, one far more appealing in the months and years ahead americans will hold the power between them. Lets hold them and hope they make the right choice. Now im going to be asking more about what that choice is but for now, i just want to know
Canadian actor, christopher plummer, best known for his role as captain von trapp, in The Sound Of Music, has died at the age of 91. We start in the us, where President Biden has said the latest monthlyjobs report, shows the American Economy is still in trouble, as it remains in the teeth of the pandemic. He said a 1. 9 trillion Stimulus Package would help the vaccination effort, and alleviate americans suffering. Speaking with the treasury secretary, janet yellen, and Vice President Kamala Harris by his side, mr biden appealed to Congressional Republicans to act urgently to turn his Coronavirus Relief measures into law. I see enormous pain in this country. A lot of folks out of work, a lot of folks going hungry, staring at the ceiling at night wondering, what am i going to do tomorrow . A lot of folks trying to figure out how to keep theirjobs and take care of their children. A lot of folks reaching the breaking point. Suicides are up, Mental Health needs are increasing, violence agai
Book clock is stories of people are interested in what is going on in our country today yours is the book to read but i was thinking of the impact of her grandparents. Yes i wanted to talk more about my personal story because its fashionable for the media to create a caricature of everybody involved evil trump and mean candace if you think of these people and then they realize the media made me as someone who got into this for selfish reasons but i want to show people where my conservative roots began and it really all begins with my grandparents who are staunch conservatives so for me to be able to tell the story of my grandfather who was on the sharecropping farm and then what that taught me the way black americans view their circumstances today. Your grandfather was his voting or opining on politics but with his views be . Conservative all the way just because to the left was against every the value that was instilled in a way that out out to my chapter the black community is tremen
Shaping the United States its people its economy and the way it deals with the rest of the well the bottom line only on aljazeera. Hello and welcome again to remind im elizabeth purana since we launched aljazeera english over a decade ago we havent been afraid of tackling difficult and sensitive stories through powerful Award Winning documentary hes today we rewinding to 2010 and a film that examines an unintended consequence of the continuing israeli blockade of gaza is growing opioid problem the gaza strip at points just 10 kilometers wide is an hour piece of land along the Eastern Mediterranean coast thats palestinian population a sealed behind a separation barrier and tightly controlled checkpoints gaza is home to more than 1500000 palestinians maybe half of them under 15 unemployment is among the highest in the world and every day is a struggle to survive. Its not surprising therefore the thousands of young people risk their lives by protesting against the occupation by israel at
Marriage the World Congress of families provides a powerful platform for such groups and this week one of its found those alan carlson joins me from Rockford Illinois what lies behind his close connections with russia and why wont he leave the Gay Community alone. Alan carlson welcome to conflict. The World Congress of families is a very benign name for a group thats credited with inflicting considerable misery on many people around the world these days the Southern Poverty Law Center which has tracked your movement for a very long time says youre one of the Key Driving Forces behind the religious rights global export of homophobia and classifies you as a hate group do you wear that with pride i dont accept the label or are not were not a group at all the Southern Poverty Law Center has its own agenda its own fundraising goals and it distorts the truth of events i. C. s approach and we group yes as a Prolife Group we are firm and a sound of the natural family a family based and focused