A tough long down could be encouraged within days. And a scandinavian comedy featuring teachers who take today drinking sweets to european film awards to get the latest from our film and culture correspondent. Thank you for joining me the United States is about to begin an extraordinary vaccination rollout as it struggles with skyrocketing cases of covert 19 the country has now reported 16000000 infections the increase comes as millions of doses of the covert 19 vaccine is it to be distributed across the country on monday the buy on take 5 is a jab receive the green light from regulators on friday the u. S. Leads the world in confirmed cases and deaths which stand at nearly 300000. 00. The name of the plan says a toll operation works speed planes trains and automobiles are all set to carry the new vaccine to over 600 locations across the u. S. And with a military precision i expect the 1st shipments to arrive monday morning extensive coordination. Ensure that this a curse we work with
And to see. The sea of. Secrets which. Starts december 25th. Up. Hashtags online petitions and social media campaigns these days more and more protest takes place online especially on social media but can a simple click really make a difference i want topic today on shit. Back in the day raising awareness on an issue and reaching society more broadly required making the headlines with spectacular media stunts today thanks to the internet anyone can express their opinion and share it with the world just one single post can reach a massive audience mark respected our founder of the german web portal nets politic dog sees this as a huge opportunity or its a tiger balm and i now adays you really only need 3 people at most to get a proper test started on social media feeds i think its going to people hold up a banner one person and youre all set and done. Is it really that simple finding the right moment to target the right social media platform with the right hashtag is that all you need t
History probably considered the top three greatest american president s along with washington and lincoln. It is an assessment based on the fact he steered the nation through the two greatest crises. One internally, the Great Depression and one externally, world war ii. There has been a long and ongoing debate among historians as to whether history is influenced more by individuals or larger social, cultural and economic forces. I think it is of course both of those. Certainly it seems to me that Franklin D Roosevelt is a prime example of the significant of an individuals impact on history. Broader social and Economic Conditions that allowed fdr to become a great leader, but in his case i believe it was force of personality that was a paramount element as i think we will see as we go along. Rooseveltse presidency beginning with a brief look at the conditions in the country that led to his election in 1932. The economic collapse of 1920 nine had brought the worst conditions the country
Democratic National Convention in new york city. In his speech, president carter called Ronald Reagans proposals, quote, fantasy and criticized his tax plans. Fellow democrats, fellow citizens, i thank you for the nomination youve offered me, and i especially thank you for choosing as my running mate the best partner any president ever had, fritz mondale. [ applause ] with gratitude and with determination i accept your nomination. [ applause ] and i am proud to run on the progressive and sound platform that you have hammered out at this convention. [ applause ] fritz and i will mount a campaign that defines the real issues, a campaign that responds to the intelligence of the American People, a campaign that talks sense. And were going to beat the republicans in november. Well win because we are the party of a great president who knew how to get reelectedFranklin Delano roosevelt. And we are the party of a courageous fighter who knew how to give em hell, harry truman. [ applause ] and a
To participate in another proceeding please exit this one and like back in later. Any that a member encounters technical issues that prevent them from being recognized from their questioning i will move to the next available member of the same body and will recognize the member of the next appropriate timeslot provided they have returned to the proceeding. In the event the witness loses connectivity during testimony or questioning i will preserve their time as staff address technical issue. I may need to recess the proceedings to provide time for the witness to reconnect. Finally remembered to remain muted until you recognize to minimize background noise. Over the last few months the outbreak of covid19 has led to an unprecedented Public Health crisis and creating a dire economic crisis for small firms. Three out of four businesses are experiencing a decrease in revenue and over half of Small Businesses are concerned about being forced to close. Small businesses across the Food Supply