Grea fort bragg and oth installations and call North Carolina home, eve for a thanks to our colleague for joining us today. Madam president , thanksgiving dinner has become the single most sell grated celebrated meal of theay. With tens ofmericans gathering with family and friends to give thanks for their bleings and of course for one another. Folks, i know that this yr its a lot different. While we sti have so much to be thankful for, the covid1 paemic means folks will be traveling less and might not be celebrating in larger groups. And as a result, many will be separated from their loved ones on this very special day. Bu folks, this is a very familiar feeling for anyon who has ever served in our Nations Armed forces. Protecting our nation. Rom at any given moment, thousands of men and women,oms and dads, brothers and sisters, are stationed arnd the world standing vigilant in the defense of freedom. Those wearing the uniform arent the only ones making a sacrifice either back home ther
Over the banning of a Progressive Opposition party that was popular with young people and students and which was abandoned rather contentious and controversial circumstances by by the Constitutional Court but they have now and theyve moved into a wider ranging political demands there is anger that the government thats in place now is essentially led by the leader from. 2014 and from other on without the generals who took not in the in the last. Isolate demanding a new constitution that demanding that government step down but most contentiously and most explicitly theyve added many of them about it demands for reform to the royal familys role in thailand to add to their agenda they want to look at its budget how it perceives funds from the government and they also want to radio because of the political influence of the king now the royal family is a long venerated institution here loved by so many by many ties and previously its been considered absolutely to boot to and to raise questio
annita mcveigh or bbcyourquestions the Us State Department calls for serious consequences for china after a bbc report alleging women were systemically raped and tortured in uighur camps. But china calls it lies and disinformation. The uk and eu agree to work intensively to sort out problems with post brexit trade in Northern Ireland. Myanmar s military blocks facebook after protests continue to spread against mondays Military Coup. And coming up this hour tennis Officials Say the Australian Open will start as planned on monday, despite hundreds of players and staff being forced to isolate again in melbourne. Hello and welcome if youre watching in the uk or Around The World. A new trial has launched here in the uk to look at the impact of giving people different Coronavirus Vaccines for their first and second doses. The mix and match approach could provide more flexibility in the event of any Supply Problems. Scientists say its possible that having different vaccines might even provid
Were on the ground surveying the damage from the strongest hurricane winds in louisiana in over 160 years. Coronavirus reinfection. The troubling report. Nevada researchers confirming the first such case in the u. S. There wont be such thing as invulnerability. What it could mean for the fight for a vaccine. And march on washington. Tens of thousands of people fighting against social injustice. Families of those killed or injured by police speaking out. Dr. Martin luther kings granddaughter at center stage. We will fulfill my grandfathers dream. Plus human rights activist Martin Luther king iii joins us live right here this morning. Hey, good morning, america. Happy saturday. Whit is taking some well deserved time off today. The good news is that janai is with us on this saturday morning. The bad news is that we do have some shocking news out of hollywood. Actor Chadwick Boseman passing away after a very private battle with colon cancer. He was just 43 years old. The black panther star
Warning the Public Health emergency is quickly becoming a human rights crisis how many limitations are people willing to accept to fight a threat like coronavirus. Kenneth roth welcome to conflict zone thanks for having me. There are very immediate needs amid this coronavirus pandemic hundreds of thousands have already died a qana means have been hit hard many people are losing their jobs some are even trying to figure out how to put food on the table in these extraordinary times how do you put human rights at the top of the agenda. Well i think its important sara to note that human rights allow certain extraordinary governmental powers in time of a genuine public emergency or crisis like were facing now so you know nobody objects from a human rights perspective to the efforts to limit our trouble to inforce social distancing to do the things that are necessary and proportionate to our Public Health needs but when autocrats say oh we need you does violate your human rights left and rig