To submit your questions and ill try to get to them as many of them as time allows. Medicares is retired physician geneticist. The other madisons is a first book and a follows a newly 30 your quest. Its been called roots for a new generation. Thank you for being with us. Very happy to be part of this program. Most of us grew up thinking of James Madison as the fourth president , one of the founders of our country, wrote the first draft of the u. S. Constitution and bill of rights. What did you think or what we you told about him growing up . I was told mostly what everyone else was. As you said, this important figure of American History. But i was also told that he was my great, great, great great grandfather through his relationship with one of his enslaved cooks. So he was one of my ancestors. And remind us of this. You are a madison. You come from african slaves and a president. What did that mean to you as a child . To me it set some clear expectations of it was intended to be forc
World for. Jobs at a faster pace in the great depression. Help. Is falling through the cracks. And welcome to this weeks rewind im elizabeth purana and if youve seen the show before you know that were taking another look at some of the very best documentaries weve made of the past decade here. This week we rewinding back to 2011 when aljazeera is witness series follow the remarkable story of a Young Palestinian boys emotional journey from sharing a bed with his grandmother and 2 brothers in a wrong down lebanese refugee camp to a place at 8 in college one of the most exclusive private schools in the u. K. Founded more than 500 years ago by the endless king henry the 6th its the rich and famous friends as william and harry were both. Educated there as with 19 former u. K. Prime ministers well later were finding out whats become of mohamed since he graduated from eton college but 1st lets take a look at mohammad that asian from the witness series back in 2011. Just. This out of. This is
Weeks of a downward trajectory many agree with the president to open the economy as there seems to be a push from the right and from many in the economic sector to do just that but theres also another if not equal push from the other side that saying that opening the economy would be both dangerous and irresponsible and that is the thinking of many in the Public Health sector and many on the left now whos right well were going to bring you a debate on this matter to take up whats going on but before we do i do want to share some numbers with you that i think might kind of help to put things in perspective numbers dont lie usually so lets talk economy 1st as the economy goes heres the latest 22000000 americans have lost their jobs that would bring the Unemployment Rate to a record 15 percent and according to economists this is huge it could reach 20 percent. The present trends continue in a word dismal right now lets look at lethality or some call it mortality or the death rate or whate
South africa as a reserve forces are deployed to enforce its lockdown this cape town reports are winds of looting. And the lockdown forces writers and bookstores to find a new way to celebrate stories on world books say. Hello new figures released in the u. S. Paint a picture of an economy devastated by the coronavirus in just 5 weeks all the jobs created since the end of the 2009 recession have been wiped out so here are the numbers last week another 4400000 americans filed for Unemployment Benefits this is the 3rd week the number of new claims has declined so a sign the worst of the shock may be over but it does mean a record 26400000. 00 americans have lost their jobs since the end of march when lockdowns shut down production and led to mass staff furloughs thats more than 15 percent of the u. S. Workforce meanwhile members of the u. S. House of representatives representatives have returned to washington where theyre expected to pass a 484000000000. 00 relief bill to Fund Small Busi
Weeks of a downward trajectory many agree with the president to open the economy as there seems to be a push from the right and from many in the economic sector to do just that but theres also another if not equal push from the other side that saying that opening the economy would be both dangerous and irresponsible and that is the thinking of many in the Public Health sector and many on the left now whos right well were going to bring you a debate on this matter to take up whats going on but before we do i do want to share some numbers with you that i think might kind of help to put things in on to me 1st as the economy goes heres the latest 22000000. 00 americans have lost their jobs that would bring the Unemployment Rate to a record 15 percent and according to economists this is huge it could reach 20 percent if the president trends continue in a word dismal right now lets look at lethality. Some call it mortality or the death rate or whatever you want to call it its the death rate