Let me begin with asking about the president , his performance so far in this pandemic. How is he doing . Guest dan to that question you have to acknowledge this is a very difficult situation that no president would find easy and the federal government was always going to have to go through some mobilization, being overwhelmed by a crisis and rising to it. The question is how are they doing at that and obviously there are weaknesses to the response we have seen from the white house and i think above all there has been a certain kind of dysfunction where there has been an unwillingness to confront some of the top or realities of this crisis, or at least to acknowledge them publicly. In a lot of ways the federal government has mobilized and certainly the country has, where people are willing to put their lives on hold in order to respond to a Public Health crisis. Unwillingnessome to confront basic realities at the top and still now we are seeing the system overwhelmed in such a way that
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Chinatowns across the nation, is very near and dear to me. Gentrification is a phenomena and more complex than Public Discourse would have us believe. We are in logan square in chicago where catalytic investments like the 606 rail to trails project forced residents to move because they cannot upkeep the increasing cost of housing and in other neighborhoods folks are leaving for a different reason because you havent seen investment in decades. If we as a city does learn from our mistakes we will continue to suffer from unintended consequences related to gentrification, inaccessible education, housing, displacement. So much to do and we are thrilled the conversation is resonating with a lot of people. As such tonights event will be shown by season and live tweeted using equity section, the hashtag for the metropolitan Planning Council asked metro planning. A short question and book signing so when that time occurs, sarah is going to walk around with the mic. Wait for her to get to you. I
Reporter from a lack of water . Yeah. Reporter tree ecologists Anthony Ambrose and wendy baxter have been working throughout that drought which lasted from late 2010 to earlier this year. Its not much further. Reporter but they havent been studying the pine, firs and cedars that died. Theyve been analyzing the world famous monsters that survived, the giant sequoias, the largest living creatures on earth. Theyve been living and growing in the same place, some of them for thousands of years. Reporter but even these giants have an achilles heel . Yeah, their demand for water. Weve measured that an individual giant sequoia tree uses up to a thousand gallons of water in a single day. If that water supply diminishes, there is going to be an impact on the trees eventually. Really puts everything into perspective. Yeah. Reporter doing science way out here means more than just a strenuous hike. In fact, thats just the beginning. Most of the action is happening up in the canopies. Thats where al
Messed things up for long enough youre not really listening the only way we can actually get your attention is actually by civil disobedience Extinction Rebellion is without question britains Fastest Growing pagan religion. Are broadcasting live direct from our studios in moscow recapping the weeks top stories with our Weekly Program this. Syrian state media reporting that Government Forces have begun moving into the north of the country where turkey is carrying out an offensive against the kurds these are images from the Northern Syrian city of. Syrian media says that locals are celebrating an agreement there between damascus and the local kurdish authorities our middle east correspondent has more. Were just receiving reports that the Kurdish Administration and the Syrian Government have signed an agreement that will see the syrian Army Deployed along the whole border with turkey nasr in state media is reporting that the Syrian Army Forces are making their way to the north of the coun