What started my interest i should say black americans in the soviet union in the thirtys was finding this portrait even though i had gone to grad school of a masters degree in russian literature i speak russian and i had lived over there in the late eighties finding this portrait was was a Stunning Development for me how did i not know about this. I didnt know that this was a phenomenon that there were many. Africanamericans who went to russia in the in the thirtys. In the 1920 s. And thirtys several 100 africanamericans moved to the soviet union and many of the descendants still live in russia. And the name at the post because you know not washed but also up a stock yes youve got. The sun your wifes at the dock and. The rest and they meet here the 1st day like hey youre part of that i want to speak russian and then like wait wait wait. The mashup that also. Back home black american suffered from racism and a complete lack of prospects. Is that they lump us what the deal an idealizatio
I love or the greatest. Gift to god. So i had to vote because we have to get them past 3 years but theres no way we can have 4 more years with them yes or the biden. I dont know kind of lesser of 2 evils for me but i think the trumps going to win it more than he did last time its actually really close i think its pretty close i see a different you know the sound guy and if he turns out that i think that and i think its a good day to make it say. Also coming up the business of predicting u. S. Election results in 2016 the polls missed the mark big time just ask Hillary Clinton in 2020 there are still plenty of predictions but this time they require patient were rightly not going to get a clear winner on Election Night and thats different from not having a clear winner its not a sign of our system failing us actually just means were giving people who are counting the ballots time to count about. But to our viewers watching on p. B. S. In the United States and to all of you around the wor
And President Trump 48 of the vote with 68 million american vot votes. Now what really counts is electoral counts. 270 magic number at 264. President trump having locked in 214 electoral votes. It is coming down to razor thin margins more than anyone expected if you watch the polls. Liz kreutz has a look at the current state of the race and the discrepancies we saw in polling. Liz . We did. Many of us expected this race to be close but not this close and depending on some results that were expected to get in the next few hours, 12 hours from arizona and nevada. There is a chance biden wins the white house by reaching 270 on the dot. But as we know, its not over until its over and the president is not going to go down without a fight. After a roller coaster 24 hours, the path to 270 are starting to come into clearer picture. Today abc news saying former Vice President joe biden is the apparent winner to win michigan. It a big victory for the biden camp but it not over yet. Were seeing s
Synod for god and everybody to hear that he had total authority i was done it is against democracy while trump does have a sturdy base the strength of republicans coming out against him cannot be overlooked. All right its coming up to 23 actually actually gone past 2300 hours g. M. T. 6 pm on the east coast and youre watching aljazeera special coverage of the 2020 u. S. Election as you can see from the truck at the top right of your screen were about an hour from the 1st polls closing on the east coast go straight to our White House Correspondent kimberly. Kimberly the big question looming of course is when when when when will we have an election whats the feeling at the white house behind you. I can tell you that the feeling at the White House Well the president projected a lot of optimism you can tell that there is a lot of tension behind the scenes the president has been very optimistic promising that there will be a red wave that he will be able to flip states that were typically d
A peaceful future. And did not grapples with how to control the spread of the coronavirus on its funds that says the government is forced to reconsider plans for a nationwide trial as a method of how and welcome we begin in ethiopia, where there are reports of dozens of people being killed in what Amnesty International is calling a massacre. Its the 1st time widespread civilian casualties have been reported in the wake long conflict in the countrys region. The United Nations says some 11000 refugees have fled from ethiopia into sudan at least half of them children. And i sees a warning of a humanitarian crisis in the making. This is a country sliding into civil war. These ethiopians havent come to enjoy themselves, but to give blood for their soldiers fighting in tikrit state. The main aim of the Blood Donation program is to express our effect. Our us paid for our out of the conflict is not with the grab, not with the great people, not with the great reagan. Its rather with who attacke