Of rural alabama in 1940 when i was growing up i saw those signs that said white men colored men white women colored women white the son of black sharecroppers lewis devoured books as a child the words of Dr Martin Luther King Jr spoke to him loudest seem like he was saying to me john lewis you too can do something. And i would ask my mother as my father my grandparents my work why segregation why Racial Discrimination it was the best way it is dont get in a way dont get in trouble but trouble would find him many times as a student leader in nashville tennessee lewis was beaten for peacefully protesting segregation at restaurants and on buses in selma Alabama Police cracked his skull as he led a 600. 00 marchers across a bridge. But thats. What it was at age 23 lewis was the youngest leader of the march on washington 2 years later president Lyndon Johnson signed the Voting Rights act into law protecting black americans from discrimination at the polls the act would foreshadow lewiss ow
A trip to shift gears of war crime. Internationally sorry intentionally directing attacks against hospitals and places containing the sick and the wounded and against medical units using the red cross or red crescent emblem. Is a war crime the number of People Killed by the corona virus has now passed 1800 after china reported 98 more deaths the head of a Major Hospital and one han thats at the center of the outbreak has also died of the virus has sarah cox from hong kong with the latest updates on the situation on the mainland. Today in a bid to try and curb this ongoing outbreak across china the government is in a tough new measures with the focus being on weve had of course this is the epicenter of the corona Virus Outbreak theyre doing door to door knocking on every single house and what theyre describing as the city wide sweep trying to identify those people are showing any signs of symptoms that are associated with the corona virus now those people who refuse to be tested they fa
Does not mean the end of the war or the end of plots or terrorism either this liberation does not mean the enemys will surrender this liberation means that we put our enemies pride and nose in the dirt as a primary step to defeat them completely sooner or later. Our batteries on the turkey syria border with more on Bashar Al Assads comments. This is a delicate moment for the Syrian Opposition but also for the Syrian Government at this explains why president bashar assad has been celebrating in his speech the new major gains made by the syrian army particularly on the outskirts of aleppo and also the southern parts of it live saying basically that this is just about a matter of time before the opposition is defeated this explains why he has been saying that the fight will continue until the terrorists of this is the term that he uses. Most of the time to describe the Syrian Opposition would no longer in 2014 or 13 when the Syrian Government was on the verge of collapse and when the Syri
Those are just some of the stories were covering on tonights pbs newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by and with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. And friends of the newshour. This program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Woodruff ukraine pulled back from the brink, just a bit, today. The prorussian president reached agreement with pro western opposition leaders to limit his power and speed up elections. Protesters are supposed to disarm and withdraw, but its far from clear they will, after scores were killed and hundreds wounded this week. James mates of independent Television News filed this report. Independent square in kiev for once at a stand still. The only signs that chanting increased is the coffins of yesterdays dead hoisting up above the crowd. So many is making it extremely difficult for those who live to make it anything
Are here to analyze the weeks news. Those are just some of the stories were covering on tonights pbs newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by and with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. And friends of the newshour. This program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Woodruff ukraine pulled back from the brink, just a bit, today. The prorussian president reached agreement with pro western opposition leaders to limit his power and speed up elections. Protesters are supposed to disarm and withdraw, but its far from clear they will, after scores were killed and hundreds wounded this week. James mates of independent Television News filed this report. Independent square in kiev for once at a stand still. The only signs that chanting increased is the coffins of yesterdays dead hoisting up above the crowd. So many is making it extremely difficult fo