Out . Palami, welcome to comfort zone. Good to be here. I want to look at 1st that the governments handling of the pandemic in recent months. We know that a vaccine now appears imminent. But after a decade of conservative rule, britain was woefully unprepared to deal with this. Pandemic any pandemic, wasnt it . Despite numerous warnings and dress rehearsals, why was your party asleep on the job for so many years . Well, i think what we saw with the pandemic was that the vast, vast majority of countries found themselves unprepared for it. And the reason for that, the fundamental reason for that was that the nature of the pandemic wasnt quite what was previously expressed. His expected. What was generally expected by most countries was something that resembles a clue. I realize it was different, but look at the figures before the coronavirus hit, the u. K. Had just 6. 6 intensive care beds per 100000 people. Thats fewer than latvia, fewer than cyprus, half the number that italy had, and
With ilwad elman from somalia, a peace activist whos dedicated to improving the lives of millions of imperishable country in 1991, the civil war broke out in somalia and its estimated that half a 1000000 people have been killed since then. A large part of the somali population has been living in poverty and fear for decades. Militants have taken control of several areas, especially in southern somalia, killing and extorting money from the rural population. Ilwad elman has made it her mission to help victims of the war in her home country. And she is using the power of nature and sports to bring much needed healing. Using the ocean to heal from trauma is new to many in somalia. But its just one way ilwad elman helps, former child soldiers and rape survivors overcome their trauma. She calls it a combination of yoga and mogadishu. The therapy aims to break down walls of silence and heal sweating it out in yoga mat and then asking people to draw comparisons between challenging, challenging
And fugitive brought to justice. As civilians flee fears amounting that ethiopia could be at the beginning of a protracted and bloody civil war. A lot of talk about here. Lets get to it with a semi all get you is a journalist based in athens abacha standing by for us. Samuel, thank you so much for joining us. Its been difficult for outsiders to get Accurate Information on this conflict communication and the tea cry region shut down. Journalists arent allowed to move freely there. Whats the latest . You can tell us. The league as human, if youre going, has suspended any flights close to growing including going to go under barca are the 2 cities that were attacked last night. 18 people have so far today because of the incident and even lalibela, the historic city of lalibela. So you know, the information were getting is very limited because we cant travel to too great for instance. But were getting the information from Amnesty International and people are sending us information. Once we
Msnbc i asked you for your reaction to say the words president elected biden and your response to me was interesting. I would love for you to expand on this, you said it will be great for you to not have to explain to your daughter where the president of the United States was saying mean things about you. Yes. I dont know if you remember this, but the president when running for president came to minnesota two days before the 2016 election and basically went on attack against somali immigrants and Somali Refugees and for me in the community that i represent for my children, it has been a fouryear assault on everything that we believe and stand for down to our basic identity as american refugees in this country. So i have had many long days and nights having to explain to my youngest child who is eight and the two older ones who conceptualize what is taking place with the political discourse before her it has been challenging for this to happen. For a lot of our kids they hear about the
Disproportionately affects our elders, people who dont have a safe ways to live, people of color, people who are already struggling in life. Trumpse is no question response to this pandemic has been a disaster. [honking] us. Has hurt that has hurt our families. Trump and my opponent said this pandemic would just go away. Cases continue to rise. They make fun of people who wear masks, but people continue to die. Trump and mitch mcconnell, all summer and fall failed to put together any kind of strategy to help minnesotans affected by this virus. About the idled worker at the mine in northern minnesota waiting for that Unemployment Insurance to be renewed. Im thinking about the mom trying to work and make sure her daughter is getting the education she needs remotely. Suingile, my opponent is governor walz for doing the things he needs to do to keep us all safe. In thisnot what we want moment, is it minnesota . [honking] it is not what we want. This moment is strong, empathetic leadership.