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there you go. ♪ >> bob marley said it best. stolen from africa, gentrified in harlem. american black folks keep losing our connection to the places we come from. so i'm headed to central appalachia, a place many folks don't realize black folks still live, to hunt, eat, farm, and harmonize on the harmonica with the folks that fight to keep this place known as one of the homes of black folks. this is black appalachia. >> again! yes! ♪ >> nice! ♪ ♪ when i say appalachia, you probably picture something like this, or this. harmful stereotypes of poor white folks. we'll have to tak...

i remember as a child being around these huge animals, that sense of mystery and might. >> i think i can hear it. ♪ >> it's just amazing that these animals are filling the ocean with their sounds and their song. >> they are very simple sounds, but for me they are super beautiful. >> it's summer. whales are gathering along patagonia's pacific coast. home to the fjordlands, long, deep, flooded valleys that were carved out by glaciers over millions of years. these remote, rich waters are a magnet for wildlife and increasingly for people. at the ends of the earth is a land of extremes....

keep losing our connection to the places we come from. i am headed to central appalachia, a place many folks don't realize black folk still live, to hunt, eat, farm, and harmonize on the harmonica with the folks that fight to keep this place known as one of the homes of black folks. this is black appalachia. >> yeah. nice. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> when i say appalachia, you probably picture something like this, or this. harmful stereotypes of poor white folks. we will have to take those on another day. what you probably do not picture is this. a history of black folks here runs as deep as ...

plus president biden meets with the saudi crown prince and says he did raise the murder of "washington post" journalist jamal khashoggi. now the crown prince is firing back. plus more than half the country is seeing high community spread of coronavirus. and now some cities are reconsidering mask mandates. "newsroom" starts right now. good morning. it is saturday, july 16th. i'm kristin fisher. i can't believe it's already july 16th. we're halfway through the month. it's flowna by. >> this whole year has flown by. i'm boris sanchez. we start with new revelations, the january 6th c...

ETSU will participate in a consortium that seeks to address several challenges that threaten the prosperity of Central Appalachia. More details at JCP.