Community i mean he was just that i call that for for better education better housing more Voting Rights acts solidified as those years passed by so i think this is an extremely sad day for many people but also a celebration of one of the biggest civil rights icons this country has ever seen if youve just joined us and i was in a well have live coverage here of the body of the u. S. Civil rights pioneer john lewis being taken across the Edmund Pettus bridge in selma alabama one final time is the bridge where he was knocked down to be nonconscious in 1965 for the modeling the black people are given the right to vote and the. Weve weve talked much about john lewis is legacy. His death coming at a Pivotal Moment in the u. S. Given all thats going on right now with the election coming up in november. Do you want to do. Talk to us a little about about what you think his his legacy will be and you know that the timing of his death coming right now when once again were seeing. Racial strife i
25th anniversary of the strip let me. Just say you know. Millions could face starvation as coronavirus takes its toll wild wide that warnings from oxfam and says hunger caused by the pandemic will kill more people than the virus itself so we should step in to stop this design stuff this is inside story. And over and welcome to the program im Laura Carlisle more people will die this year from hunger caused by the pandemic than from coated 19 thats according to the Charity Oxfam which says 121000000 more people could face starvation because of reduced aid mass unemployment and destruction to Food Production and supplies it also describes that middle Income Countries such as india brazil and south africa as a merging epicenters of hunger with millions of people facing being tipped over the edge on the social and economic effects of the crisis. Well lets take a closer look at some of the figures in that report oxfam says some of the worlds poorest countries could see 12000. 00 extra deaths
Already embroiled in a war for years d in yemen faces an unprecedented environmental disaster a damaged Oil Storage Facility is now really threatening life in the red sea who is to blame and chemical tough to be averted before its too late this is inside story. There and welcome to the program im laura kyle years of civil war have torn yemen apart the fighting has divided the cities destroyed the economy and triggered the worlds worst humanitarian crisis now the country is also on the verge of an environmental disaster for 5 years the fleecing Storage Facilities has lain idle off the coast on border more than 1100000 barrels of oil as humans who feed rebels battle with the saudi backed government for control of the country the facility has been left to rust United Nations has described it as a ticking time bomb one that will eventually cause an ecological and humanitarian disaster if nothing is done but doing something is proving difficult but who sees who controlled the area where the
Contained measures are exposing Police Brutality in argentina. And the painstaking process of restoring the acropolis in athens as the greek government renews its call the britain to return to its ancient traditions. A long serving politician who stood alongside Martin Luther king jr as a pioneer of Americas Civil Rights Movement has made a symbolic final journey 55 years ago john lewis was knocked down and beaten unconscious on the atman pettus bridge in alabama for demanding black people begin the right to vote his body has now been taken across that same bridge in selma one last time as part of 6 days of ceremonies to remember the 80 year old who died of pancreatic cancer now disease and he gallagher is following all of this from miami in florida for us addie just explain the significance of this moment today. Well john lewis was more than an icon he was a giant in the Civil Rights Movement his casket slowly going across the Edmund Pettus bridge today peacefully but remember back in
A warning the disruption caused by the coded 19 pandemic could lead to double the number of malaria related deaths in africa this year. And the painstaking process of restoring the acropolis in athens says the greek government renews its call for britain to return to its ancient traditions. And sport the west indies are fighting to avoid defeat in the deciding task match against england stuart broad taking 8 wickets in the match so far and closing in on a series victory. A powerful politician who stood alongside Martin Luther king jr as a civil rights pioneer in the u. S. Has made a symbolic final judie 55 years ago john lewis was knocked down and beaten unconscious on a bridge in alabama for demanding that black people be given the right to vote his. Bodies been taken across that bridge in selma one last time its part of 6 days of ceremonies to remember the 80 year old who died after battling pancreatic cancer lewis was one of the socalled big 6 of the Civil Rights Movement led by Lut