Bestseller barracoon. Now we have the pleasure of welcoming an old friend to african town, dr. Natalie s robertson. Towns a friend of african and we count on her very often to come and share the history and all of the knowledge she has gained. She has the pleasure also of introducing our speaker for the hour. So let us welcome dr. Natalie s robertson. Thank you very much and good morning african town. The spirits of our ancestors festival has been seated through our ancestors through the efforts and dedication of the festivals founder and it has taken root like the baobab tree. We are imparting knowledge about africa town to the world. To have served as the festivals inaugural speaker and im equally proud to introduce plant,essor, dr. Deborah the editor of the story of the dr. Deborahargo, is an effort can a studies scholar and literary critic whose special interest is in the life and work of corneal purchase. Dr. Plante created what the New York Times said was a found legacyon his lit
An excellent panel of experts are here as well. Reintegration in afghanistan. Id also like to we will all of you know joining us online. In the webcast and would note that you can also follow the conversation on twitter that u. S. Ip, hashtag cr. Sid ar. I would also like to encourage you to check out the podcast network. It will include this if it and many other compelling programs featuring leading voices on violent prevention and national security. Was founded five years ago by members of congress as an independent nonpartisan National Institute charged is vitally important litigating and resolving violent conflict. Since 2002 are Afghanistan Program has worked closely with the governments, Civil Society organizations of how others to prevent litigate violent conflict and more recently, to support the afghanistan Peace Process. It goes that went out staying, that there is considerable uncertainty during the last two weeks in terms of the Peace Process but while that remains true, wh
Then to the bahamas. There are parts of abacao in the bahamas that dont show a great deal of damage and then there are clusters and communities that were devastated. Almost as though Nuclear Bombs were dropped on them. The suffering and the devastation. Amy as the death toll from Hurricane Dorian continues to rise in the bahamas, we will look at how Major Tv Networks ignored the connection between the deadly storm and Climate Change. According to one count, broadcast news covered dorian 216 times and mentioned Climate Change just once. Plus, we will go to tennessee where an undocumented immigrant was shot last week by an immigration and Customs Enforcement agent during a traffic stop. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. President trump announced on twitter saturday he was calling off a secret meeting between himself, the afghan president and taliban leaders, that may have led to the withdrawal of thousand
Then to the bahamas. There are parts of abacao in the bahamas that dont show a great deal of damage and then there are clusters and communities that were devastated. Almost as though Nuclear Bombs were dropped on them. The suffering and the devastation. Amy as the death toll from Hurricane Dorian continues to rise in the bahamas, we will look at how Major Tv Networks ignored the connection between the deadly storm and Climate Change. According to one count, broadcast news covered dorian 216 times and mentioned Climate Change just once. Plus, we will go to tennessee where an undocumented immigrant was shot last week by an immigration and Customs Enforcement agent during a traffic stop. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. President trump announced on twitter saturday he was calling off a secret meeting between himself, the afghan president and taliban leaders, that may have led to the withdrawal of thousand
Host but did they treat you with respect . One of them complained the did not respect them but a lot did not complain about that. Host what do you think needs to happen at this point . These women are obviously the 40 women we are talking about it is such an obvious case. But there are many others who dont fall neatly into a category, what are you hearing from the community from the afghan families, and how are they getting by right now . I think a lot of frustration and disappointment. Because keep in mind i think post 9 11, the u. S. Arrival in afghanistan was extremely welcomed. We still call on the u. S. As our allies and i do say i am not the ambassador, as part of my job but i still care regardless to keep the ties between the two nations of peoples. Because i know how warm everything had been in terms of when individuals like you all reached out and try to make sure to bring those who were in danger to the u. S. Now we are stuck in this chaos of paperwork and processes. And proc