On the streets and bella who says president Alexander Lukashenko faces a deadline to step down and the opposition in seychelles wins the presidency for the 1st time in more than 14 years im joining us there with the sports as britains Lewis Hamilton wins his 92nd race at the portuguese grand prix to eclipse Michael Schumacher in time or. Thank you very much for joining us we begin this news hour in iraq where thousands of people have returned to the streets refusing to back down until their demands for political change are met the rallies mark a year since the beginning of a mass protest movement against government corruption a lack of jobs and the growing influence of iran but the protests lost momentum then came to a stop because of coronavirus restrictions early as security for. Fired tear gas at crowds trying to get into baghdads fortified green zone since the unrest began last year at least 600. 00 protesters have been killed and thousands more injured the outrage forced Prime Min
Buildings have evolved, the surroundings have evolved in almost a haphazard way, which does not give the appearance of a place that was suddenly created to be what it is. It gives a sense of the passage of time and a variety this and otherh programs on the history of communities across the country at cspan. Org cities tour. This is American History tv, only on cspan3. Youre watching American History tv, all weekend, every weekend on cspan3. To join the conversation, like us on facebook at cspan history. Up next on the presidency. Two programs from the Franklin Roosevelt president ial Library Series at home with the roosevelts, designed to keep connected with the public during the coronavirus pandemic. First, the directors of the hoover and roosevelt president ial libraries talk about the 1932 campaign for the white house in the midst of the Great Depression and the transition that followed from a hoover to fdr administration. We will hear a conversation about relationships between the
Herbert hoover president ial library and museum in iowa. We are here today to talk about one of the most remarkable transitions in American History, the president ial election of 1932, and hoover and roosevelt, their long relationship before and after their presidencies. This was a period of incredible trauma for the united states, the Great Depression. The two of them had known each other for quite some time. During world war i, Franklin Roosevelt was the assistant secretary of the navy under woodrow wilson. Do you want to talk about what hoover did during world war i . Thomas sure. Herbert hoover was the head of the u. S. Food administration. The Food Administration had to essentially provide food to the soldiers going to europe and hoover was able to provide the necessary food by getting americans to voluntarily reduce consumption by 15 . He did this by appealing to american housewives to sign pledge cards where they would hooverize, which meant every day of the week, you gave up a
For weeks they were the center of the coronavirus pandemic but now European Countries a star saying starting to see a glimmer of hope daily death tolls and new infections are dropping and so many governments are taking some tentative steps to lift constraints on daily life for example germany reopening some small shops allowing limited School Classes the Central Government though is leaving it up to the leaders of each of the 16 states and germany as to how much they want to reopen and when they want to do it after a month long closure Nursery Schools are now open in norway despite the polls showing nearly a quarter of parents quarter of parents still have concerns and shutters are also lifting across poland denmark in the Czech Republic infections in europe are nearing 1000000 and close 2100000 people have died its. In the planning to collect blood from covert 9000 patients who for covered to help others still infected its hoped those transfusions could increase the speed of recovery
Closed shops the Pandemic Forces the democratic republic of congo to shut down its Main Commercial hub in the capital kinshasa. The. Staying connected in chile we look at some of the creative ways that people are socializing and keeping in shape a lot of them. Thank you for joining us less than 2 months after a chinese tourist in france became the 1st coronavirus fatality in europe the continents death toll has passed 50700000 people across europe have now been diagnosed with the virus but there are some signs the mortality rate is leveling out if not falling in europe spain and germany and the u. K. Of all recorded their lowest number of deaths in days meanwhile the u. K. Prime minister Boris Johnson remains in a London Hospital johnson said he was in good spirits he will stay under observation after several tests for persistent symptoms and in the United States new York Governor Andrew Cuomo says the state Health Care System is at Maximum Capacity but a daily decline in the number of