Afterwards is a a weekly interw program with relevant guest hosts anything top nonfiction authors about their latest work. All afterwards programs are available as podcasts. Reverend sharpton i dont want to start this conversation about your book by quoting something you wrote towards the end of your book which i think its a great jumping off point for this conversation pick you write i tell everyone the hardest job of being a preacher is to eulogize a life that someone who did nothing. My friends it is hardest to eulogize the lifeblood of the country who did nothing and then political and its a so i beg of you, give me something to work with. When your time comes understand before the family as they prepare to take you to god, let there be Something Worthy come something of merit that you did for your fellow man that helped to lift them. The name of your book as we all know is rise up. Talk more about that. Why it is imperative completely its imperative for people to give folks like y
About your book, with something you wrote toward the end of your book, which i think is jumping off for your book, he right, i tell everyone the hardest job is to eulogize the life of someone who did nothing. My friends, is harder still to eulogize the lifeblood of the country who did nothing and then you say i beg of you, give me something to work with when your time comes and im standing before your family as they prepare to take me to god, let there be something worthy, something of merit you did for your fellow man that helped lift them. The name of your book is rise up, talk more about that, why it is imperative for people to give folks like you and the rest of us something to eulogize, to look up to. I think the definition of ones existence is what they do in life, at the end of life, the only thing that will matter is what you did beyond your own particular making and living and having material things. What was the value of your existence . Did it change anything, did it continu
Northwest. Sweeping in cooler, cleaner marine air. I should point out, its not going to last very long. That counterclockwise circulation will start bringing some northerly flow. Which means smoke from the fires to our north. Well start sweeping to the bay area over the weekend. Lets enjoy the clean air over the next few days. Ill have more a little later. Thank you. The governor gave an update on wildfires and covid19. Those fires have been the source of all the smoke have been clouding our skies. Stephanie sierra has the latest. On the wildfire front, there are some staggering totals that were released today. Yes. We report on these wildfires every day. It is pretty sobering to comprehend these as the big picture. There are more than two dozen anprarg ito getng across ere ar wiliresave scorched the state so far, forcing more than 38,000 people to be evacuated from their homes. Staggering statistics that the governor says underscores a sense of urgency to address climate change. We ne
It will be the ability. To covert 19 pandemic force governments worldwide to impose look downs earlier this year. As 1000000 stayed on for months normal life grounds were virtual holds. That meant a major reduction in air and Water Pollution some animals even reclaimed the stolen habitats. But if some countries start to ease emergency restrictions and governments implement plans to rescue their economies many are concerned the Clear Blue Sky wont last forever. How will the post lockdown surging Greenhouse Gas emissions affect the Climate Crisis. This week we connect with one of the loudest voices urging an environmentally friendly Financial Recovery for the world the executive director of the International Energy agency dr fatty parol talks to aljazeera. Executive director of the International Energy agency a fatty barrel thank you for talking to aljazeera thank you. First something we all have in common in this pandemic and im wondering how you cope in lockdown and how the i. A. E. A.
Folks who live on the streets. They need some kind of refuge to get out of that heat. Reporter in Pleasant Hill at the contra costa employment and Human Services department, a cooling center is available for folks without air conditioning and today that cool down required a mass and only has room for 11 people and on a typical hot weather day and not in a pandemic the cooling center would have room for 52 people. Are there any special admission requirements to get into these cooling centers or can anyone go . Reporter anybody can go. The thing is to get through those front doors or through the double doors or get inside of that airconditioning you have to pass a Health Screening and if you have any conditions of covid19 or any of those symptoms that we know about, respiratory or gastrointestinal, you cant go in. It becomes yet another barrier to cooling off in the middle of the heat wave. It will smoke your the next few days. Thank you, andrea. We have a list of those cooling centers a