They didnt know there would be a civil war yet they built families. Do you know that there were only 388,000 africans who were brought to the United States in the whole history of the slave trade. You know how many were brought to brazil . Rose how many . Five million. The 42 million African Americans today grew, thats what the phrase was, were going to grow our own slaves out of this body of 388,000. So that means these people, despite the fact they were slaves, believed in the principles of democracy in this great republic. Rose a look at the golden age of television and a look at African American history when we continue. Captioning sponsored by Rose Communications from our Studios New York city, this is charlie ros you all know exactly who i am. Say my name. Do what . I dont i dont have a damn clue who the hell you are. Yeah, you do. Im the cook. Im the man who killed gus fring. Rose television is entering what is called a new golden age. Rich story telling and Character Developmen
Hello, im annette insdorf. Im chair of the Film Division at columbia universitys school of the arts and ill be moderating a discussion on hollywood style and the contemporary American Cinema. Our panel has four outstanding writerdirectors. To my immediate right is Paul Schrader. His credits as writerdirector include american gigolo, cat people, mishima. As a screenwriter for other directors hes responsible for the script of obsession for Brian Depalma Mosquito Coast for peter weir and for Martin Scorsese, taxi driver, raging bull and the last temptation of christ. To his right is Joan Micklin Silver whose credits include hester street between the lines chilly scenes of winter and crossing delancey. To my immediate left is james toback. His credits include the gambler and bugsy, for which he received an Academy Award nomination for screenplay. And in terms of directing his credits include love and money, exposed and the pickup artist. To his left is Whit Stillman whose first feature, me
Francis holds an open air mass in the occupied west bank city of bethlehem. Plus. Im Andrew Thomas in tasmania australia, on an experiment to chip and track bees. They hope to find out why bee numbers worldwide seem to be in terminal decline. Now polls opened across ukraine where 35 million are being asked to choose the next president. The interim government urged everyone to cast their ballot. Prorussian separatists threatened to block voters. Well be live with Hoda Abdelhamid who is close to donetsk. First, this report from nick schifrin, from the ukranian capital kiev. Reporter a record turn out is expected for a vote, deciding not just the state of ukraine, but the state of relations between russia and the west. 17 candidates are in the running. The ones in the lead want closer ties to the european union, not something that russia wants. These elections were called after Viktor Yanukovych fled the country and was deposed by parliament, and it is about what ukrainians want. Translat
Bethlehem and holds mass for the faithful. There would have been further loss of life and further injury, especially when we determined that the suspect had over400 remaining rounds of ammunition a college town rocked by a killing spree. Good morning, im John Henry Smith, we begin with the deadly rampage in california. As you heard Santa Barbara sheriff bill brown says as bad as the scene was, it could have been worse. It happened near the campus of u. C. Santa barbara, with 22yearold Elliot Rodger murdered six, and injured 13 more before taking his life. Brian rooney has the story. Reporter it started when three young men were stabbed to death in an apartment. 23yearold Elliot Rodger tried to get into a Sorority House. Within minutes there were two exchanges of gunfire with police in as many as nine elections where shots were fired. Rodgers came to a stop and found dead of a gunshot. 20yearold Christopher Martinez was one of those killed, his father spoke to reporters. You dont thing
Well, the worst flooding on record in the balkans has now killed at least 37 people. Tens of thousands of others have been forced to leave their homes. Much of the worst of the damage has been caused by a river which has burst its banks in many areas. Rescue teams are searching for anyone trapped by the floods in their homes. They are surrounded by water meters deep. The only way out is by boat. We knew about the floods, but we do not think the water would arrive so suddenly. When i saw this morning, it was too late. There are similar scenes further downstream all along the river. It is not reported to have burst its banks in several places in croatia. In serbia it has been hard hit. Around 20,000 people have been evacuated from the town. That is almost the entire population. For most of them, abandoning the place where they live is a wrench. Some people said we do not want to leave their homes. That is a very personal decision. We try to convince them to leave, but it is very difficul