Before sunset on tuesday highly explosive material stored at a warehouse at beirut port cause the blast sending shock waves across the city now in ruins. Almost every building has been damaged many are dead thousands are injured and hundreds are missing rescue workers worked through the night and into the morning as people and bodies were feared trapped underneath the rubble telling them what. My husband is an employee at the Electricity Company he survived but his colleagues didnt there only now moving their bodies from under the rubble this is a country already reeling from a dire economic crisis where 50 percent of the population live below the poverty line its people are not in a position to cope with this disaster. Of the. Material losses are sad but its nothing compared to those who lost their lives this is my taxi its my livelihood and im still paying for it. Everyone has a story of survival or tragedy the damage spread several kilometers many are blaming those in power for the
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You are watching American History tv, all weekend, every weekend on cspan three. To join the conversation, like us on facebook at cspan history. Up next, an oral history interview with cortland caulks cox. Urtland he talks about attending howard university, his involvement in the student nonviolent coordinating committee, participating in the 1963 march on washington, and serving as the secretary general of the 1974 sixth panAfrican Congress. This interview is part of an oral history project initiated by congress. It is included by these seven Oral History Program at the university of north carolinachapel hill. I was born in new york, in harlem, in 1941. In my sisters me to the west indies, teach it in, and my sisters to the west in 1940in trinidad five. I stayed in trinidad from 1945 until 1952. I came back, after my grandmother died in 1952 and lived in harlem for a couple years and we moved to the bronx. Attended Catholic School st. Helena is. St. Helenas. Froment to actually cathol
Speaking to him later on in the hour, as well as Bracken Darrell. Lets get back to that leaderboard. U. S. Equities shaking off whatever tensions we do see within china. You have some positive news about the u. S. Buying some of its vaccine. You could see it tested as early as the end of the year. I do want to highlight the euro. Bid, very much soft. A bit here in the 10 year, but the 10 year real yield hit its lowest level since 2012. That means gold is also popping. We are going to break down that later on as well. Overarching story is the conflict between the u. S. And china recently heating up. The u. S. Ordering the closure of the consulate in houston. Eijing vowed to retaliate for more we are joined by state Department Reporter nick. What actually happened and what do we look for Going Forward . Big is that the u. S. Shut down chinas consulate in houston. It is unclear whether they believe specifically there was a great deal of espionage and intellectual property theft connected
That welcomes shes gone midday here in moscow youre watching r. T. International now with most countries in the world easing back to normality following months of lockdown scientists are warning the virus is no longer being treated seriously enough more than 200 for searches and doctors have sent a collective letter to the w. H. O. Saying the risks of airborne transmission being ignored were concerned that the lack of recognition of the risk of transmission of coded 19 and a lack of clear recommendations on the control measures against the airborne virus will have significant consequences well that warning does come as people around the globe have been flooding back to shops and bars and restaurants and beaches asked taylor has been assessing the risk of mass contagion. When mosco shed its restrictions on lockdown was lifted people wasted no time in pounding the pavement no mosques or clubs just some good old pretend to 20 close crowds and now a few weeks later after several try months