With the same terrible threat. And within a matter of months, as many as 50 million would be dead. In the United States, the death toll reached 675,000, five times the number of u. S. Soldiers killed in world war i. What was that deadly threat . [ bells tolling ] there were many, many people who died. We had just come a few years before from mexico where we were living on account of the mexican revolution. I was about 10 years old. I was the oldest, and my Four Brothers and sisters of the family, only my dad and my sister did not get it. My two brothers were in one room sick. I was sick in the other bedroom with my mother. My poor dad and sister had to be our attendants and see what they could do for us. Influenza gave you such high fever. Mother told me that i thought her black hair was a cat, and i was afraid of it with a delirium from high fever. People were left very weak with kind of that high fever. And all the schools, the public places, and every place was closed. I guess nearl
Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. It is an honor to welcome everyone to the 71st National Book awards. I am Jason Reynolds coming to you live from washington dc go this is overnight but there is so much going on in the world this is our night and it is a big deal. It is so much of a big deal i woke up this morning anxious and nervous as usual. I always, mother and i am anxious. It is 7 00 oclock in the morning and she says oh no i said i am feeling anxious about tonight have to hope the National Book awards am calling you to see if you have advice for your child go she said that she always has been to make the call. Let me ask you something, son. What did i make you say every single night before you got into bed when you were little boy . I said i dont want to do this right now she said no dont know what did i. C. E. Make you say every night when you got into bed . I said you made me say i can do anything. Exactly you can do anything. You tell me this all the time on. But i never asked
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Fighting. Ethiopia says some of its soldiers have also been taken prisoner cutting our soldiers. Our commanders generals, we dont know where they are. We dont know. Our commanders in jail. We dont know maybe is that what they are like . Ethiopias Prime Minister has promised a final military operation in the coming days and said hes ready to reintegrate the swelling numbers of refugees. Now trying to survive on the banks of the river in sudan. Kenya, your debtor is ethiopias defense minister. He joins us from this ababa or welcome to d. W. On this. Ill be on the main by a final military operation. Well, thank you all in much the final military operation, fresh to enforcing the rule of law across the nation. Particularly kind of getting on the integral who has been violating privacy and if youre highly competent groups, therefore the operation is going on and is going to be completed. Call lovely within a week 7 days. Why is Ethiopian Government unwilling to accept external mediation . W
Patient with the process work out as we count all the books you know were proving again what weve true for 244 years in this country democracy works your vote will be counted i dont care how hard people try to stop it i will not let it happen if he appears parliaments has approved a new interim governments for the Northern Region Prime Minister ordered a military offensive in the area on wednesday after accusing the regions with n. T. P. L. F. Party of attacking government soldiers and accusation it denies on friday government airstrikes hit a number of targets. Ivory coast prosecutors say theyre investigating 3 Opposition Leaders for insurrection murder and terrorism theyre accused of rejecting president allison waters reelection and planning to settle for a viable government the Constitutional Court has extended a deadline for objections to last weekends election result president ouattara has been declared the winner but opposition parties say theyll set up a transitional governments