From the mugabe era Zimbabwe Office to give back land seized from former white fog. Up in smoke rain falls and some fire ravaged parts of argentina bought one of south americas major Wetland Ecosystems remains under threat. We begin with he said protests in lebanon against the countrys leaders and their failure to tackle longstanding corruption protests broke out outside the Parliament Building with riot Police Moving in quickly to disperse those crowds taking place as french president emanuel makes a 2nd visit to beirut since that devastating port explosion has been making clear his demands for lebanons leaders to set the nation on a new course he says failure to shift direction within 3 months risks punitive measures and sanctions but lets not speak to aljazeera as in aqaba who is at the prime residence in beirut thats the official residence of the french ambassador where we do expect him to speak a bit later zain i believe back on his mission with political representatives today aft
Elections and any protester convicted of this new felony crime would effectively lose their right to vote you see felony convictions in tennessee and in many other states across the country often result in the revoke ation of a persons most basic right here in the United States of america and that is our right to vote to take part in our government in response to this new law the tennessee executive director of the a. C. L. U. Heavy weinberg said quote we are very disappointed in governor lees decision to sign this bill which chills free speech undermines criminal Justice Reform and fails to address the very issues of Racial Justice and Police Violence raised by the protesters who are now being targeted. And that my of rens is the real truth we are seeing across this land rather than take responsibility and fix the system of and. Racism and wealth inequality our politicians are quick to take the old easy way out with empty court corporate gestures of equality and outright criminalizati
Thanks so much for joining us tonight and thanks to the u. S. Army command and general Staff College. One of our longest, one of our best, one of our favorite programming partners for yet another what i know will be a compelling presentation. These guys are money, as many of you know, and were so fortunate and privileged to be associated with them. Tonight, we welcome david mills of the command general Staff College and kayla westra of the Minnesota West Community and technical college, the coauthors of great wartime escapes and rescues. Ill start by saying they had me in grade school. I was a fourth grader i think when hollywood released the great escape, the classic adventure drama staring Steve Mcqueen, james garner, charles bronson, among others. It pretty quickly became a tv staple, and all of the guys in my class at st. Josephs Elementary School in martingsburg, missouri, fell in love with it and we would play it out at recess. Each one of us would take one of the roles. Of cours
Teachers facing extraordinary challenges during the pandemic in our School Matters series, some big names tell us about the teachers that made a difference in their lives. Evs a favit ter. T, heres its your world in 90 seconds. Ive approved Emergency Declarations for puerto rico and louisiana. Both storms have the potential of gathering strength before they make landfall. Two fierce storms heading toward the u. S. Gulf coast potentially setting up a disastrous week for multiple southern states. A disaster declaration for california as the state struggles to contain those mssive wildfires. Tens of thousands forced to evacuate. It is terrifying. I cant even express it. The fda is giving emergency authorization for a covid19 treatment using blood plasma from people who have recovered. Might have been a hold up but we broke the logjam over the last week. Large crowds in the streets of wisconsin after police shot a black man in broad daylight. That shooting caught on camera. In a secret rec
Compelling presentation. These guys are money, as many of you know. And were so fortunate, so privileged to be associated with them. Tonight we welcome david mills and kayla westra of the Minnesota West Community and Technical College, the coauthors of great wartime escapes and rescues. Ill start by saying they had me in grade school. I was a fourth grader, i think, when hollywood released the great escape. The classic adventure drama. It pretty quickly became a tv staple and all of the guys in my class at st. Josephs Elementary School in missouri fell in love with it and wed play it out at recess. Each one of us would take one of the roles. Of course all of us wanted to be mcqueen. I think i wound up with the attenborough role which is fine by me, though, i get executed at the end of the movie. Of course mcqueen survives. What we didnt realize then and what we probably didnt care about was that the movie was based on a true story, the escape of 76 allied soldiers and officers from ger