A horrible event that was formed took place in china and came here they could have stopped it they could have stopped it nobody likes to write that but they could have stopped it they know it and i know it democratic president ial candidate joe biden says the latest u. S. Jobs numbers saw far from victory were still though nearly 15000000 jobs in the pandemic is getting worse not better and dont have to this is americans are still out of work wondering when or if their job will come back or worried about how to pay the bills in the meantime trump wants to declare his Health Crisis over another employment. Unfortunately hes deadly wrong on both fronts weve already had more than 128000. The number keeps climbing thats a direct consequence of downtimes bungled leadership in the total mismanagement of this crisis from the start. The former partner of the convicted paedophile steen has been arrested and charged with killing maxwell is accused of recruiting young girls to be sexually abused
A show of strength 6 months on and hong kong hundreds of thousands of antigovernment activists continue their demand for political reform. And. The 49 year old for the new champions battling. There are reports of injuries and missing taurus after a volcano erupted off the east coast of new zealand a plane with white smoke was seen coming from white island a group of tourists was saying walking in the crater moments before the Prime Minister says around 100 people were on or near the island at the time of the eruption and some of those people are unaccounted for. Supporting the National Emergency Management Agency following an eruption at white island off the coast. Do keep in mind this is a situation. Around 100. 00 people were on or around b. Island at the time and some of. The counted for a number of people reportedly injured and are being transported. Joins us now from auckland so rachel what else do we know how how remote is this island how difficult is it for people to get to. Goo
Past 12 months, helping us learn the history and literary life of cities around the country. For eight years we have traveled to u. S. Cities, bringing the literary scene to our viewers. You can watch more of our visits itiestour. Org c many think the selma to montgomery march just started up overnight and was a oneoff idea, but a Voting Rights movement had been brewing in selma since the 1930s. [gospel singer performing] here in selma and in many places throughout the south, africanamericans were done night were denied the right to vote, not because it wasnt their right, but because there were folks in position of power who did not want these folks to have the right to vote. That way they could be considered secondclass citizens. Andes and literary literacy tests were used to prevent americans from getting the vote. Poll taxes was a price you had to paper year forgetting on the voter rolls. Lets say i live in a rural area and i am making 60 a year, but poll taxes are one dollar a year
They are hard. Because that goal will serve to organize and measure the best of our energies and skills, because that challenge is one we are willing to accept, one we are unwilling to postpone, and one we intend to win and the others, too. [applause] early 1960s, president john kennedy said we want to galvanize our country to do something very bold, and it was the space race. We wanted to do something bold to beat the russians. Lets beat the russians by sending humans to the moon and returning us safely before the end of the 1960s. As the country is starting to think about going to the moon, one of the questions we had was, how do you know where you are going . If you travel to a foreign country, you take a map with you to figure out where you are going. If you cover to travel to a foreign world, you better have a map to you dont hit the side of a mountain or run into a crater or Something Like that. So it was a critical part of preparing to go to the moon. We are inside the historic
Learn about their history and life. We will look at highlights of some of these stops. We begin in selma, alabama. Alabama,n selma, africanamericans were denied the right to vote. There were folks throughout the south that did not want these people to have the right to vote. They can be considered second class citizens. Poll taxes would be the price you had to pay per year in order to get on the voting rolls. Say i live here in Dallas County and allke 60 dollars taxes are one dollar a year. Raise that isa 40. Thenf my 60 will go i will have 20 which i have to feed and flow my kids. There are not very many black people who will have extra money left over to pay a poll tax. On something when i have an extra dollar left over and i go down to this courthouse and i show up saying i would like to register to vote. I would go to the county registrar, have my poll tax ready. Takes my pollnel tax but he also administers a literary tax. That tests could take many forms. Ask me the name of the pr