The United States to palestinian immigrant parents. And since birth has been living with Cerebral Palsy, a condition which affects the brain and nervous system. Maysoon zayid believes comedy has the power to transform the lives of disabled people. She also says her standup comedy shows help normalize the perceptions of muslims, when many seek to demonize them. Can comedy really do all that . And where do you draw the line between whats funny and whats unacceptable . Theme music plays. Maysoon zayid, welcome to hardtalk. Thank you so much for having me. I really want to shake your hand but i shake too much to shake. Laughs consider it done. Maysoon zayid, youve said if there were an oppression olympics, you would win the gold medal. Yes. Why do you say that . I would definitely win the gold medal because im palestinian, im muslim, im a woman of colour, im disabled and i live in Donald Trumps america. You dont get more oppressed than that. We will come to Donald Trumps america perhaps a
Stand before you with remotion ill have lated by oath and caused suffering to my patients and my family. Mercy would be a 25year sentence. The government is asking for a sentence of 175 years. How was he able to carry out such procedures seemingly unchecked for so long. He apparently ran a very tight ship. He was a renowned doctor in the detroit area. He had also done a fellowship at sloan sloankettering. And he really convinced his patients and others that he was the man to go to. We have an interview with an attorney Donna Mackenzie who events some of those patients. Here is what she had to say. He held himself out as the expert of all experts in this area. He convinced his patients that he was the only person who could save them. There are so many people that i have talked to who have told nae dr. Fattah called them their miracle patient. Of course if you have somebody who hasnt have cancer to begin with and you treat them with chemo, and then they no longer have cancer thats not a
Chapter in u. S. History, South Carolina lowers the confederate flag. [ cheers and applause ] theres cautious opt schism that greeces creditors may accept a plan which could pull it back from the financial brink. E. U. Members are meeting to discuss proposals that greece put forward. The greek government is promising to raise taxes and clamp down on tax evasion, discourage people from retiring early, and greece will sell off its remaining shares in ote and privatize two ports. It is also offering to cut more than 300 million from its military budget by next year. Lets go to John Psaropoulos live for us in athens. All right. John lots of reforms there. Definitely signalling more austerity in the country, among them privatizing two ports. How will this affect the workers there . Reporter well the port shouldnt affect the workers. The port privatizations, in fact we have been told by people involved in the process is well underway. It has not stopped under syriza contrary to for example,
Hello, the greek government has submitted a new plan to its european creditors. Euro Group Ministers will decide by sunday if athens has done enough for a further boilout. And the greek government is promising to raise taxes and clamp down on tax evasion, it will discourage people from retiring early, and seek Higher Health contributions from pensioners. It will privatize two ports. And it is also offering to cut more than 300 million from its military budget by next year. John psaropoulos has been following events in the greek capitol for us. Does the Prime Minister have Political Support for this range of measures . Reporter i dont think people are very surprised by what is on the table, or that it was the same document on the table two weeks ago. People have been even laughing about it today. I they think knew this was coming one way or the other. In fact about 50 of respondents of an opinion poll just two days before the referendum said they didnt think a no vote would make any dif
Your row zone ministers will decide by sunday if a new proposal submitted by the greek government is enough to secure a new bailout. The greek government is promising to raise taxes and clamp down on tax evasion. It will discourage people from retiring early and seek Higher Health contributions from pensioners. And it will privatize two ports. And it is always offering to cut more than 300 million from its military budget by next year. John psaropoulos has been following events in athens. A bit of a rally going on behind you, john. Tell us what that is about. Reporter lauren this is the communist party labor union, this is their rally, their march. What they are doing is presenting themselves as the leftwing alternative to the leftwing government now in power. They have been doing this since the spring since tsipras has started talking about installing painful austerity measures. Its the communists who stepped in to present themselves as the alternative. They are only about 5. 5 of the