It is a glorious service. The call comes to every citizen. It is an unending struggle to make and keep government representative. Bob lafollett is probably the most important political figure in Wisconsin History and one of the most important in the history of the 20th century of the United States. He was a reforming governor. He defined what progressivism is pretty was one of the first to use the term progressive to selfidentify. He was United States senator who is ready nice by his peers in the 1950s as one of the five greatest senators in American History. He was an opponent of world war i, stood his ground advocating for free speech. Above all Bob Lafollett was about the people. After the civil war america changed radically from a nation of Small Farmers and small producers and small manufacturers and by the 1870s and 1880s, 1890s we had concentrations of wealth. We had growing inequality and we had concerned about the influence of money in government. The United States senators we
Folks who live on the streets. They need some kind of refuge to get out of that heat. Reporter in Pleasant Hill at the contra costa employment and Human Services department, a cooling center is available for folks without air conditioning and today that cool down required a mass and only has room for 11 people and on a typical hot weather day and not in a pandemic the cooling center would have room for 52 people. Are there any special admission requirements to get into these cooling centers or can anyone go . Reporter anybody can go. The thing is to get through those front doors or through the double doors or get inside of that airconditioning you have to pass a Health Screening and if you have any conditions of covid19 or any of those symptoms that we know about, respiratory or gastrointestinal, you cant go in. It becomes yet another barrier to cooling off in the middle of the heat wave. It will smoke your the next few days. Thank you, andrea. We have a list of those cooling centers a
Is Art International coming to you live from the russian capital thanks for joining us this hour russian scientists are poised to register the worlds 1st vaccine against kobe had 19 according to the countrys Health Ministry that could happen as early as next week trials have been ongoing since june here in moscow where 2 groups of volunteers taking part we go live now to our to the in the air and nicky are we a step closer to actually winning the battle against covert 19 well lets hope so what weve all been adjusting to living this new normal of coronavirus and scientists around the world have been frantically trying to come up with a vaccine in fact the pandemic is seen unprecedented mobilization of funding and Research Just in a race to come up with the vaccine that could save millions billions of people around the world so this been called the race for a vaccine and now it looks like russian rights have crossed the finish line in 1st place take a listen. It will pass the registratio
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 community. Brian where does the Edmond Pettus bridge come into that picture . Rep. Lewis well, the Edmond 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 Edmond 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
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