In the United States, the death toll reached 675,000, five times the number of u. S. Soldiers killed in world war i. What was that deadly threat . [bell tolls] [bell tolls] many people died. We had just come from a few years before from mexico, where we were living. On account of the mexican revolution. I was about 10 years old, i was the oldest. My Four Brothers and sisters of the family, only my dad and my sister did not get it. My two brothers were in one room sick, i was sick in the other bedroom with my mother. My poor dad and sister had to be our attendants and do what they could do for us. Influenza gave you such high fever. Mother told me that i thought her black hair was a cat and i was afraid it was the delirium from the high fever. People are left very weak. That high fever. Public schools and Public Places closed. I guess for nearly two or three weeks. I was eight years old. We lived near my dads mother. She and her daughter and two grandchildren were living close to us. Wh
In 1918, i lived in sequoyah county. In 1918, my family was living in south philadelphia. In 1918, we were living in el paso, texas. I was born and raised in baltimore. Narrator in bustling cities and remote villages in the United States and around the world, orphan children cry for their parents in 1918. People of all cultures struggled with the same terrible threat, and with it, in a matter of as 50s, as many million would be dead. In the United States, the death toll reached 675,000, five times the number of u. S. Soldiers killed in world war i. What was that deadly threat . [bell tolls] [bell tolls] many people died. We had just come from a few years before from mexico, where we were living. On account of the mexican revolution. I was about, i was the oldest. My Four Brothers and sisters of the family, only my dad and my sister did not get it. My two brothers were in one room sick, i was sick in the other bedroom with my mother. My poor dad and sister had to be our attendance and d
State support or oppose and local bands on plastic . Take a look at some of the headlines, this from Minnesota Public Radio where target is headquartered. The target head target customers call on the retailer eliminate plastic bags and in stores. In new jersey, the state with the headline from the philadelphia inquirer, new jersey moves closer to banning plastic bags and paper enacted,they write if new jersey would be the ninth bags to ban plastic preserve the environment and reduce the impact of harmful chemicals. In oregon, the headline, oregons single use plastic ban in effect january 1. They note some 16 cities throughout oregon have a similar band. Oregon will join california, new york, and hawaii banning single use plastic bags and there is denverite. Ne from denver shoppers will stop paying bagslastic and pay for 2020. They quote scientists saying plastic bags for a 10 minute trip to the Grocery Store can be around for a 500 to 1000 years. The numbers put together by national ge
Tom hiddleston Michael Eric Dyson musical guest noah cyrus featuring leon bridges and the legendary roots crew questlove 1163 steve and now, here he is, jimmy fallon [ cheers and applause jimmy please, have a seat. [ cheers and applause enjoy yourselves relax. Thank you very much. Welcome, everybody welcome, welcome, welcome, welcome to the tonight show. Thank you for being here [ cheers and applause thank you for watching what a crowd you guys, thanksgiving is just a few days away. And i saw that about 50 Million People will be traveling for the holiday. Yeah, heres how that breaks down 10 million are visiting family, while 40 million are delivering weed to those 10 million steve wow. [ laughter ] jimmy listen to this according to a study conducted by motel 6 [ laughter ] people get sick of family during the holidays after about four hours [ light laughter ] thats interesting but i prefer to get all my data from the scientists at la quinta. [ laughter ] la quinta. The weather this wee
Tonight, join jimmy and his guests daisy ridley Tom Hiddleston Michael Eric Dyson musical guest noah cyrus featuring leon bridges and the legendary roots crew questlove 1163 steve and now, here he is, jimmy fallon [ cheers and applause jimmy please, have a seat. [ cheers and applause enjoy yourselves relax. Thank you very much. Welcome, everybody welcome, welcome, welcome, welcome to the tonight show. Thank you for being here [ cheers and applause thank you for watching what a crowd you guys, thanksgiving is just a few days away. And i saw that about 50 Million People will be traveling for the holiday. Yeah, heres how that breaks down 10 million are visiting family, while 40 million are delivering weed to those 10 million steve wow. [ laughter ] jimmy listen to this according to a study conducted by motel 6 [ laughter ] people get sick of family during the holidays after about four hours [ light laughter ] thats interesting but i prefer to get all my data from the scientists at la quin