Messages and tweets. University of massachusetts amherst assistant professor traci parker joins us for discussion on the lunch counter sit ins of 1960. Who were the greensboro four and why did they decide to sit down at that lunch counter in 1960 . They work for freshman a t were four freshman at and they had been thinking about racial injustices and how to integrate and how to push the movement along for some time. It was not until Joseph Mcneil is returning to school after when hes break in 1959 is refused a meal at a greyhound train terminal and he is just trying to buy a hot dog. And gets back to campus and he is emboldened. He says enough is enough. So him and this for friends decide they are going to target the woolworths. Aggregate eating facilities in greensboro, North Carolina. I find interesting is why it woolworths, woolworths was a five and dime that many people of a certain age probably still remember. It was a chain Discount Department store. Recognizable because it is a
City had to free a woman trapped in her car by rushing floodwaters. They say that was just one of dozens of rescue calls they answered during a relentless rainstorm. Forecasters say the storm that sparked all that flooding is moving away from kansas city toward the great lakes. Now to social distancing rules changing, as much of the country slowly reopens. Gmas Michael Strahan had a few questions for dr. Jen ashton about staying safe this summer. You know everybodys eager to get out and enjoy the summer weather. How does being indoors versus outdoors impact the spread of the virus . According to a top epidemiologist from ohio state university, think of four elements. Time, space, people, and place. And let me show you what i mean. If you look at just the dynamics of a sneeze, indoors, under experimental conditions, you can see these particles have been found to travel up to at least 26 feet. Then if you take a situation indoors, based on a real case report from china, like a restaurant
Exploring the american story. Book tv, American History tv, we travel to amarillo texas. Well experience in the city of about 200,000 starting with an the largest canyon. And then we will learn about kansas citys developments on amarillo. And then step in a specially made rail card used to move Nuclear Material around the United States. Later a trip to the panhandle plains. We start at the canyon state park. The experience today is a lot like it has been. Even today it is quite a sharking experience. The fact that i get to come see this every day sometimes i have to take in. The canyon has been forming for about a million years or so. It runs from here over to silverton. You can make a good case that it is at least 80 miles in length itself. It is the second largest canyon in the United States. Its not a single canyon. There are many that branch off to the sides. Were standing in an area now where we can see three canyons from where were at right now. Its much bigger than people realiz
Opportunity. At a fundamental level we have communities in this level that feel a level of uncertainty, how they will be allowed to proceed with life, liberty and the pursue the happiness from businesses when you have uncertainty thats not good. Thats part of what this discomfort is about. The other piece is opportunity and i know ken frazier talked about this on cnbc earlier today, a question about who has opportunity in this country to advance economically what happens to economic mobility Going Forward education questions there as well i think as a country, if were going to be as efficient as we can be, if were going to be as advanced a we can be, we have to get the most that we can out of all of our people out of all of our resources. From an Economic Perspective to me, carl, thats where this needs to go. Morgan, i know that theres been so much going on this weekend, both on the streets and in business dont know what youve got your eyes on. Yeah. I think you really hit the nail on
History tv on the road. Support from our sudden link cable partners, we travel to amarillo, texas. Well discover the history of this panhandle city of about 2,000. Starting with a visit to the second largest canyon in the u. S. Following that, in about ten minutes, well learn about kansas citys influence on the development of amarillo. And in 20 minutes, step inside a rail car used to move Nuclear Material around the United States. Later a trip to the Panhandle Plains History Museum in nearby canyon as we tour their native plains exhibit. We begin our special feature at paladillo state park. Its like its been for thousands of years. All of a sudden you come across this huge drop into the earth. And its even today quite an experience. I have to appreciate how lucky i am to be here every day. The canyon has been forming for about a million years or so. The bulk of the formation has happened in the last hundred thousand years. It runs from here down close to the town of silverton. And so