With humor. Well, im not a politician. Comedian roy wood jr is an alabama native. His state just went to the primary polls with new congressional maps that give black residents more of a say. All right, you can redraw the districts. But now, how many polling stations are you going to have open in those black parts of town . We talk election season and join him as he visits his childhood baseball field in birmingham. To be able to play here, its like sitting inside a history every week. Plus, about 20 of our electricity still comes from coal. Theyll cut this rock and stuff. So much dust. Uh, guys in their 30s needing double lung transplants. We meet a former miner who says despite his own battle with black lung disease, he understands why young people are still choosing to go underground. And imagine being a person without a country. It feels like youre invisible, feels like you dont belong anywhere. Why . Nearly a quarter Million People in the u. S. Are considered state less. Those sto
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This is al jazeera america, live from new york city. Im stephanie sy. A mess does not even begin to describe the situation in the South Central part of the country this morning. Record flooding has left five dead and rescuers are using helicopters and boats looking for the bodies of a dozen people swept away in a Vacation Home and trying to evacuate others. Texas, arkansas oklahoma louisiana, and missouri all in the grips of this weather system. The high water had people waking up to scenes like this. Cars completely submerged. Many roads in houston are underwater. A lot of the damage happened in san marcus texas where Heidi Zhou Castro is. Reporter the city of san marcus was under an overnight curfew for fear that the waters behind me would once again rise. The river saw catastrophic flooding over the weekend, and there was fears of a repeat disaster. But thankfully that Flash Flood Warning for this part of the river has since expired although the danger still exists here. As for the
Male announcer this is the bay area news station, kron 4 news starts now. Pam developing news. A brush fire interrupts cal Train Service in burlingame. Helicopter partnership with is it there . Pam police have arrested a man. In the killing of San Francisco State University student justin valdez. The victim was gunned down as he was getting off muni. This is Surveillance Video of the 30year old man believed to be responsible for the attack. It happened monday night, near randolph and bright streets. New tonight at 8 pam kron 4s Philippe Djegal is at San Francisco state. With what were learning about the victim. Reporter we are told that he is best known he is the member of the University Man poulticing. Members of the club eight actually just heard about the passing into broken up. This crack down as a person person. Students are morning. Mourning. This is tragic. On a lot of students and even i take that at ninth and just sucks. I am shocked this is so random and it does not make any
Cedrick alexander here in atlanta. For you, set the scene for us. A lot of people there at dusk now in cologne. Explain what is at issue and what is taking place ever since. At issue is how germany should react to these massive assaults that police say now appear to have been carried out at least in part or in large part by those coming in from outside of the country, particularly Asylum Seekers. Month are than half of the suspects identified so far were Asylum Seekers or refugees. So you have competing groups out on the streets today, angry, protesters from both the left and the right side of the political spectrum. There were quite a few tense moments earlier. Today, now, earlier, it is much more calm as you can see. Riot police have taken off their helme helmets. This is the train station entrance. They have pushed a lot of protesters on waiting trains. You have had your say. Cool off at home. You can continue with your protest another day. For now, try and think this over. Whats ha