Crossing bridges, rivers, many bridges, bridges of understanding, building bridges, trying to bring people together to create what i like to call the beloved community. Brian where does the Edmond Pettus bridge come into that picture . Rep. Lewis well, the Edmund Pettus bridge is symbolic of so many bridges, but in 1965, when i was much younger, and head of an Organization Called the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, a group of young people, students, and others, attempted to cross the Edmund Pettus bridge in selma, alabama to march 50 miles from selma to montgomery to dramatize to the nation and to the world that people wanted simply to register to vote. We were walking in twos. And when we arrive at the apex of the bridge down below, we saw a sea of blue, Alabama State troopers. And we continued to walk. And we came within hearing distance of the state troopers. And a man identified himself and said im major john cloud of the Alabama State troopers. This is an unlawful march
Congress to help. Welcome to the program from the beaches of spain to the streets of los angeles coronavirus cases are searching on almost every continent faster and further than ever before its taken just 4 days for the global number of cases to jump from 15 to 16000000 over the past week 37 countries reported record spikes in daily infections including the u. S. Where the tally is going up by 60 to 70000 every day california remains the epicenter of its outbreak while florida has overtaken new york with nearly 424000 infections brazil is the 2nd worst hit country after the u. S. And the number of cases across latin america has surpassed 4300000 more than the u. S. And canada combined but those top 3 hotspots the u. S. Brazil india now. Count for half of the worlds infections Prime Minister Narendra Modi warned the indian public to remain vigilant saying the danger of cope with 19 is far from over well in a moment well have the latest from the United States but 1st a listener on petty
During the summer months, reach out to your elected officials with cspans congressional directory. It contains all of the Contact Information you need to stay in touch with members of congress, federal agencies, and state governors. Online today at cspanstore. Org. John lewis, an icon of the Civil Rights Movement and a 17 term georgia congressman died july 17 at the age of 80. Widely respected across the political spectrum, he was awarded the medal of freedom by president barack obama in 2011. He is being widely eulogized and we thought it would be appropriate to reair the 2012 interview he gave this program about his memoir, across that bridge so you can hear congressman john lewis in his own voice. Brian congressman john lewis, why did you name your book across that bridge . Rep. Lewis well, during the past few years, ive been crossing bridges, rivers, mini bridges, bridges of understanding, building bridges, trying to bring people together to create what i like to call the beloved c
Couch somewhere in the world, this is the daily social distancing show, with trevor noah. Trevor lets kick it off with some good news from hollywood. The only city thats got a name tag, in case you forget where you are. Yesterday, the 2020 emmy nominations were announced, and it was an especially great day for black performers, who got a record 34 of the nominations, which is huge and well deserved. But its still not enough. Thats r5ght, i wont be satisfied until black people get 100 of the nominations. Yeah, you heard me. Were coming for you white people. In fact, we want every role to be played by black actors. I wont be happy until kevin hart is playing Queen Elizabeth in the crown. Is let me tell you something, prince charles. We at the daily show are extra grateful. Once again we were nominated so to you, the viewers i want to thank you so much. Without you, there would be no show, and no one would be tweeting me to criticize my apartmentica cor. But lets move on to the ongoing te
Trevor ly, whats going on everybody. Welcome to the daily social distancing show. Im trevor noah. Today is wednesday, july 29, and heres your exercise tip of the day if youre trying to work out at home but you dont have weights, just lift your baby instead. Yeah, babies are surprisingly heavy. And if you dont have a baby, you can find one outside in a stroller. Theyre everywhere anyway, on tonights episode, we talk about the history of black women being erased from history, the conversation trump repewss to have with his pal putin, and well find out who is americas top basisose . So lets do this, people welcome to the daily social distancing show. Announcer from trevors couch in new york city to your couch somewhere in the world, this is the daily social distancing show, with trevor noah. Trevor lets kick it off with some good news from hollywood. The only city thats got a name tag, in case you forget where you are. Yesterday, the 2020 emmy nominations were announced, and it was an esp