American history. We will speak to the new the newagazines yorker magazines jane mayer about her new article why trump cant afford to lose. That would to florida. Thats the sound of supporters cheering on Desmond Meade as he came out of a polling place after voting for president for the first time in 30 years. Two years ago, meade led an effort to restore Voting Rights for floridians who were disenfranchised due to their criminal records. At the heart of amendment 4 is the fact we abolished 150yearold jim crow law. Prior to amendment 4 has income anyone convicted of a felony offense faced lifetime barred from voting. So effectively removed that. Amy all that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the quarantine report. Im amy goodman. The United States is once again shuttering its own world record for daily coronavirus infections, reporting a staggering 163,000 cases thursday. Nearly 1200 people died of covid19 in the last 24 hours. Public Health Officials a
A very complicated thing. Yes, just two quick questions. I was wondering if the panel was familiar with the work of the late dr. Reuben westin. He passed, i think, last year. He was the author of racism and u. S. Imperialism. He taught at central state. He was a chairman of the History Department at one point. We talked about how the u. S. Government squashed the revolts of antonio meseo in cuba. The second part is i had an uncle named richard kidd who fought in world war i and came back, quote, unquote, shell shocked, and he spent some time in a hospital in danville, illinois, and i dont know could you speak to how black soldiers were treated upon their return to the United States . I know going to a bad Army Hospital was not the worst thing that could happen to you, but i dont know if these hospitals were segregated or theres because having a crazy uncle somewhere in your house is a trope in fiction from that period of time. The crazy uncle probably also had a child with a french nam
Thanks for joining us youre watching R T International where we start with breaking news this hour from france. 3 people are being confirmed dead in the southern french city of nice following a knife attack here in the 1st pictures that weve received from the scene several of the people are reported to have been left injured the incident occurred early in the morning in the city center or 30 say that they suspect has been arrested. Lets go to paris now our correspondent there is Charlotte Dubin ski charlotte just give us the latest information on this breaking story. Well grim details coming up about this latest attack this mass stabbing that took place in the Southern City of nice as you mentioned there 3 people have been confirmed as being killed in that attack some reports a Police Source saying to the Reuters News Agency that one of those individuals was beheaded that has not been confirmed but if it is confirmed that would mean the 2nd beheading in just a few weeks here in france
Trevor lets get straight into the big news over the weekend. Yeah, i finally learned how to dunk boom turns out you just need to make the net a little closer to the ground. Dont know why i didnt think about that. Also this happens. Cnn projects joseph r. Biden, jr. Elected the 46th president of the president of the united states. There was jubilee as people flooded the streets celebrating from the white house to the west coast. Celebrations in the streets. In new york city the trystate and across the world. In the streets of the largest cities, today a party. In President Trumps hometown new york city, biden supporters shouted out their windows. There were bands and champagne. Whoo costumes and tears. An impromptu dance party broke out. Had sweet caroline sing alongs and nah nah nah goodbye sing along. Trevor oh, yeah, what a day, what a day, what a day, now, people were out in the streets dancing, they were partying, singing sweet caroline which is genius because any generation singin
Caroline isnt going to get broken up by the cops. For real, this was such an amazing weekend. It was a festive atmosphere. Saturday always which mazing. Even coronavirus took the day off. Im kidding. But this weekend, joseph r. Biden was declared the 46t 46th president of the united states. I know it was tough waiting four days to get final results but its actuallile cool it happened on a saturday morning right . Because think about it, normally it happens tuesday, wednesday, just have to be at home. But now people could soak it in. They heard wit their families, going for a walk, even one guy found out ton golf course. President trump was not at the white house when he learned he lost it. He was golfing in virginia, driven home past his critics, cheering. cheers and applause trevor no matter what you think about trump, thats a terrible way to find out youre fired. Its bad enough for your boss to tell you to clean out your desk, but can you imagine on the way to your desk the entire of