A new report warns that governments are using the pandemic to crack down on media across the globe. Are burnt off its good to have you with us it was expected and dreaded today these southern german stated bavaria canceled this years october fest beer festival citing the corona virus the of it attracts more than 6000000 visitors every year and authorities fear that allowing it to go ahead would lead to a spike in new infections. The the no credit party tents giant mugs of beer are packed out parades. Germanys biggest festival has been cancelled for the 1st time since world war 2. Large events are currently banned in germany until the end of august october 1st was supposed to start on september 19th but Officials Say the risk of infection during the coronavirus pandemic is just too high 2. Which is painful for us its a great pity but as with many things this is not a normal year and this is going to be a year without the 1st. About 6000000. 00 visitors flock to the october fest every ye
Hello and welcome to crossfire where all things are considered im Peter Lavelle do you believe in miracles which seems democrats do after the joe biden surge on super tuesday for them to fear of the Bernie Sanders candidate seat may now be contained however this is far from over taking on trump will be no easy task. Crosstalk in the war on bernie im joined by my guest ronny a colleague in beirut she is a producer and host at in the now in new york we have lionel he is a legal and media analyst also in new york we have any he is a contributing editor at black agenda report and coauthor of american exceptionalism and american innocence a peoples history of fake news from the revolutionary war to the war on terror right crosstalk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want and i always appreciate it lets go to beirut 1st rania i feel like after super tuesday looking at the Corporate Media that you know the whole lot of gaslighting going on its already are for. Conclusion b
Its really puts a quarter of its population into quarantine to contain the coronavirus should other countries follow suit or is it too little too late to stop the spread this is inside story. Hello im james is with the number of dead rising fast the 3rd highest number of cases worldwide and 16000000 people forced into quarantine italys government has ordered some of the harshest measures outside china to try and contain the coronavirus its in his economic heart is under strain the financial and fashion capital milan resembles a ghost town or weddings funerals football matches and other large public gatherings of canceled everyones been banned from leaving 16 provinces in the north many flocked to train stations and airports before the lockdown came into force its at least until early next month when up is that such an enemy than what is happening in my city is worrying me and its also saddening because milan is a lively city and to see it like this today is almost a defeat for me i nev
Notion that it couldnt happen, that they could not elect a catholic president of the United States. If you know our political history for the decades preceding that with al smith and others there was evidence that , you cannot elect a catholic, and that was all transcended and exploded one night in november 1960. And so the world we were looking at in 1968 when i could really finally Pay Attention was a world coming apart in the United States. The vietnam war is raging, we had an incumbent president Lyndon Johnson who had been elected four years ago in a landslide who was on the way to an easy reelection again. He was very likely to be facing some of very good at losing president ial elections. Richard nixon, who had the distinction in history at the beginning of 1968, of being the very first Vice President in history to lose a president ial campaign. He then made Hubert Humphrey the second 1968. As the year began, it was back in that ancient america where if someone said, i democrat o
Robinson, people, coming home, how black republicans will reelect trump. Why the book . Like i working on a super pac to get 20 of the vote for the president in eight states. I thought you be interesting to see how did like americans become democrats from overwhelmingly supporting the gop for 71 years or so . Bruce is your coauthor. The president as a candidate received a percent of the africanamerican vote. How does that compare to previous president s and how do you get to 20 . Than it is higher goldwater, a couple other folks, it is lower than several president s. It is interesting to take a look , the gop occupy the moral high ground for 71 incredibly, Herbert Hoover through thataway. He decided he wanted a really white Publican Party in the south, he resegregated the , John Franklin cites him as the pivotal guy who started the exodus from the rePublican Party for black americans. However, he had helped. At the same time, my parents and 6 million other individuals left votersth and