Hurricane season. Unemployment emergency. This weekend millions of americans benefits are set to expire. Hear whats holding up a new round of support in congress, plus find out what the president just said he regrets. And chief decision. The first medical doctor to play in the nfl opts out of the 2020 season. Hear the super bowl champs reason why, and find out how much he stands to lose from the move. First, we begin this morning with a look at todays eye opener, your world in 90 seconds. Tropical storm hanna could very well become a categoryone hurricane making landfall somewhere around the Corpus Christi area. South texas is bracing for a possible hurricane. Warnings are up along the 200mie200 200mile stretch of the gulf coast. Hurricane douglas is starting to weaken. Thats good news. Reporter nearly 74,000 americans tested positive for covid19 in just 24 hours. It will take a few weeks, maybe three weeks or so, to see the downturn. And once youre on a downturn, dont declare victory.
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Throughout 2014 cspan cities tour has featured the history of communities throughout the country with the help of our local cable partners. Today we feature the music of several of these cities. So right now were at the dug douglass theater, one of the most famous landmarks in macon, georgia. It was a theater that started in the early 1920s by an entrepreneur, and macons first africanamerican millionaire Charles Douglass and it became a cornerstone to the Music Industry and to performing africanamerican artists throughout the south. So Charles Douglass was an important figure in macon history because he was macons first africanamerican millionaire, but he started out with very humble beginnings. He was the son of a former slave who began working as soon as he was old enough to do it. He began working with the florida blossoms minstrel circuit and how to Network Different venue that is would play or showcase africanamerican artists, and what that did was it led to the groundwork for the
Landmarks in macon, georgia. It was started by an entrepreneur and macons first africanamerican millionaire. And it became a corner stone to the Music Industry and performing africanamerican artists throughout the south. He was an important figure because he was macons first africanamerican millionaire. But started out with humble beginnings. He was the son of a former slave who began working as soon as he was old enough to do it. He began working with the florida blossoms circuit. And how to Network Different venues that would play or showcase. Led to the ground work for the circuit as we call it today. It would also become an important Movie Theater venue for africanamerican film makers. So it became a premiere spot in entertainment industry. And it made macon an important stop along the way. In fact, the street the douglas theater is on became known as the black broadway of the south. And so the douglas theater and Charles Douglas himself were just really important in building that