Markethybrid carnival. There were carnival rides and the like, but there were also people there selling objects. One of the objects was similar to this. I purchased it and i broke it. Again, it was not a philosophical thing, i just did not like the object. I do not remember the second object, or the third or the fourth. But i started collecting. And basically, have been collecting for several decades. I didnt start out with the anticipation of creating a museum. I was what most people would call an obsessive collector, and the idea of it becoming not just a collection as teaching tools, but actually a museum happened much later. So, not everybody where you grew up was collecting these items. Theres got to be more. What was it that made you keep doing it . David you know, i dont know. I have been thinking about that a lot. You know, my ancestors for four generations back, there are people from the bahamas, from trinidad, from spain, Indigenous People of this country. I guess what im say
Home advantage count against the clock. Hello im terry martin good to have you with us the number of confirmed coronavirus cases worldwide has passed 48000000 with well over a 1000000 deaths the u. S. Brazil and india are reporting the highest numbers europe is also facing a surge in coated 9000 infections with record daily highs in many countries heres a look at how the situation has evolved here on march 1st of this year Health Departments across europe registered 401 new cases well testing of course was limited back then so actual numbers could have been much higher but you can see a clear trend of rising infections in the spring peaking at the end of april. Early may well by then most of europe was in law and you can see what the impact of that was here with new infections dropping to a new low point in mid july but since then the numbers have been creeping up with new cases rising steadily since august on friday more than 137000 cases or registered across europe one of the europea
[laughter] guest i think we have so little perspective on this moment that it is quite impossible to say. I think the perception that many people in the United States and, of course, also around the world have that this is an extraordinary uni shall time is something that we are in a time out of time will be a curiosity in the future. People will look back and wonder about that very sense i think it is kind of an interesting phenomenon. I think that will be studied. Host when you think about today, do you compare it to any other period in history . Guest no, you know, as a historian, im interested in analogies. I think we have a cognitive tendency to enjoy analogies to find one thing to be like another, all the time, just in the same way, you know, im the kind of person that sees likenesses in family members. I look at a new baby and say oh that looks just like great grandma so and so. But at the same time, even as i say that, i recognize that a lot of that is my need for familiarity.
Just gone 5 here in moscow you with r. T. International a french prosecutors say that the man that decapitated a School Teacher in france was born in moscow and was off chechen origin had been living in france as a refugee the. Growing anger after the teacher had reportedly showed his class earlier this month derogatory cartoons of the prophet mohammed. 80 a cynic one of our compatriots was murdered because he taught freedom of expression the freedom to believe or not believe that you are compassionate was the victim of an islamist terror attack and that the that the. Ok well lets get more now from charlotte bin ski joins us from paris good afternoon charlotte what more then do we know about this case because as weve heard the details of the killing himself of being released yes thats right the national antiterrorism prosecuting him fronts has been putting new details about what exactly happened in the days leading up to that brutal capitation of 47 year old history teacher whos been n
A tory bank bailout austerity something that may have contributed to britains poor response to coronavirus coming up in the show in the wake of these perfect storm revelations we asked dr jacobs plan well start of netflixs pandemic about the race for a vaccine and why lockdowns seem to be the only cure some nations understand and as the u. K. Government sparks outrage with its approach to everything from the arts to refugees to a man who came to this country as a refugee from somalia sheffields youngest lord mayor and former green party any magic magic about fighting a system led by politicians blind to the damage they cause all the some more coming up in todays going underground but 1st in this month of the anniversary of the u. S. Backed murder of revolutionary change in bolivia the poorest country in latin america tomorrow goes to the polls up for grabs for nato affiliated multinational corporations in bolivias elections are the Worlds Largest known deposits of lithium used in the b