A Citizens Committee and has known the Housing Project from its beginnings in two thousand and three the slum was torn down into more royal used to consist of shabby shelters some of them without windows. Residents were moved out while the quarter was redeveloped but they took part in the planning from the start the chilean state provided a seven thousand dollars subsidy for each apartment the project was a challenge for alexander out of enough and for its residents. Predict a seat on the way the architect about the project was beautiful but we had a different opinion until he explained that we could later add extensions on to the buildings that changed things i think but a first we thought the whole thing was quite ugly. So who is this man who has had an astonishing career building simple Public Housing rather than glittering high rises we meet the pritzker prize winner in his office in santiago. What motivates alexander out of him and his team studio elemental. This is what we do us
Welcome to arts twenty one this week we look into urban living. Have the worlds population lives in cities and the tendency is rising urban areas are densely packed reason enough to ask how people live and how we want to live our twenty one traveled around the world to find answers. We talk to Award Winning chilean architect and a handle on a day now if we do nothing they will go even in slums we spoke with the collective assemble they build where no one else wants to and create stylish yet socially responsible housing. Were really interested in how you give people the tools to change the environments that are indifferent. And we look to berlin the german capital has turned into an underwriter over speculators and a testing ground for urban development. But still he makes the prognoses are correct berlins population will increase by the size of a small city over the next twenty years. But before we hear about that lets take a stroll through the International Interiors show in cologne t
This calendar year. 27 of the s p 500s gains many this year alone 2018 come from amazon and it touched 1500 dollars share right now 1496 were also talking that truly remarkable emotional event at the white house where President Trump listened to people directly impacted by School Shootings and hes responding with his actual policy this morning. Well get into that as well and the president will be holding another event at the 11 30 eastern discussing School Safety state and local officials. Well, of course, take you there live. As always a jampacked three hours for you Varney Company about to begin. Because my daughter had no voice. She was murdered last week and she was taken from us. Shot nine times on the third floor. We as a country failed or children. This shouldnt happen. We protect airports, we protect concerts, stadiums, embassies, the department of education that i walked in today that has a Security Guard in the elevator. How do you think that makes me feel . In the elevator t
This is thanksgiving. Good morning, live from new york city im random pinkston. In Northern California, firefighters are racing to contain the rocky fire. It has trade 67,000acres, but thanks to a slight dip in temperatures and a little rain, theweekold wildfire is now 20 contained. 3500 firefighters are on the scene, but Officials Say it is still burning strong, spewing smoke and hot ash that flashes the fire in all directions. Jacob ward is there. Firefighters areyearold on Northern California. Theyre from democrats all over the state and when they get here, they find out its a different world. Yesterday the fire jumped highway 20 burning north. Theres a large big pocket of green in here. If that is established its a chance to make a big push. I. C. S. Is basically an agreed upon structure a way of bringing hundreds of departments together at a moments notice. This is the equipment warehouse. If you need a nozzle, clamp or piece of equipment you come here. It doesnt matter where your
New evacuations just ordered. More days of flooding rains ahead, the worst far from over. Lives hanging in the balance. The race against time right now. Announcer this a special edition of Good Morning America, disaster in texas, flooding catastrophe. Good morning to our viewers in the west. Youre looking live at a neighborhood in texas. The rain still coming down. Its far from over. More than 2,000 rescues in the houston area. Many residents still stranded. This shows flood victims waiting to be rescued. Take a look at some of these before and after images, truly stunning. This is the interstate before harvey and just a few hours later look at that. The rising water almost all the way up to that sign and then take a look at the runway at Hobby Airport before and now it is completely under water. Heres what we know this morning. At least five deaths so far have been blamed on the storm. Up to 50 inches of rainfall in the storm zone. Fema has been deployed to to the scene. The governor