Good to have you with us. We begin tonight with the politics and the pandemic. Lawmakers here in berlin have voted to give the German Government new power. So while we get to introduce specific restrictions to tackle the coronavirus crisis, the measures have been signed into law by the president in germany from vulture, steinmeyer, and will come into force this coming thursday. Thousands of demonstrators took to the streets to protest today as politicians debated the legislation thank water cannon and pepper spray deployed by police to disperse the demonstrators. Thousands gathered near the German Parliament building many in the crowd, not wearing masks, or maintaining social distancing. They were protesting against coronavirus restrictions, which they see as a violation of their civil rights. In my opinion, the restrictions are disproportionate. Surely it should have been possible to come up with other measures that dont cause so much suffering. You still believe i am here for my chil
Another spike in coronavirus cases will meet the front line workers during one of the hardest jobs that there is every day. And u. S. President orders u. S. Troops to come home from afghanistan. The move is drawing fire from americas nato allies, including germany, plus 2 fatal crashes kept it grounded for 2 years now. After months of scrutiny, the boeing 737. 00 max has been cleared to fly again. I burnt off to our viewers on p. B. S. In the United States and to all of you around the world. Welcome. We begin tonight with politics and the pandemic. Lawmakers here in berlin have voted to give the German Government new powers, allowing it to introduce restrictions to tackle the coronavirus crisis. German president , vulture steinmeyer, signed the bill into law earlier this evening. It takes effect tomorrow. Thousands of demonstrators took to the streets today to protest as politicians debated the legislation thank water cannon and pepper spray deployed by police to disperse the demonstra
In berlin. This is the day you know, its the to be allowed to oppose the measures even to deny the obvious. Told us it is and must be possible in a free and open country to try. This is a fake. This is about corona, anyone who doesnt understand that. Im sorry, months of restrictions on fundamental rights are being passed just because your love doesnt make you right. And it certainly doesnt mean you are in the majority. Also coming up mass coronavirus testing in liverpool, england, the British Government hopes that it will help stem the virus, but there are warnings it made lead to the public, letting down their gore. We need to explain to the public that this is not a possible to misbehave this part of the jackson hole of white of public protection. Protesters pushed back by police with Water Cannons near the Brandenburg Gate here in berlin. People violating the laws of social distancing and mask wearing, accusing police and politicians of using the Coronavirus Crisis to deny them of t
First a discussion on the late author and active audra lorde, following by eddie glaude on james baldwin. Welcome to the Shomberg Center book festival. We had to reimagine a block long multistaged outdoor philadelphia as a viral one with your favorite write centers opportunity to discover more books. This we we have 35 authors and midraters sharing narratives from the u. S. And uk to west africa and jamaica, each night we go between the past and present like the Shomberg Centers archives and programs. Tonights program, audra lordo features writers roxanne gay, tracy. Something i and mahogany browne. Im the associate director of Public Programs and exhibitions at the Shomberg Center for research in black culture. Were celebrating 95 years of one of the world residents leading cultural institutions devoted to research, preservation and exhibition. Our are care has 11 million ims at that time illuminate the richness of black history and culture and we have met some items v8 digitally. Vis
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