Opened. That was one of the most powerful scenes in the entire movie, in part i think because even though people know the story, the top line of the story of what rickey did and what robinson did, the rationale for why he did it, that scene was so powerful to me. Well, i think he had a combination of motives. He was a very religious man, devout methodist, and i think he had a number of motivations besides the ethical and moral feelings that he had, and im not so sure it had a lot to do with race, because he grew up in a context where there was race prejudice. But as well, he was a baseball businessman, and he wanted access to the rich pool of talent that were in the negro leagues, and robinson, as he said in the film, was only the first. Very quickly, others were signed from the negro leagues. So i think it was a number of motivations. Whichever one predominated, i dont think we know. Tavis but he was honest about that. Throughout the movie he kept saying money, money, money. Yeah. Tav
That was one of the most powerful scenes in the entire movie, in part i think because even though people know the story, the top line of the story of what rickey did and what robinson did, the rationale for why he did it, that scene was so powerful to me. Well, i think he had a combination of motives. He was a very religious man, devout methodist, and i think he had a number of motivations besides the ethical and moral feelings that he had, and im not so sure it had a lot to do with race, because he grew up in a context where there was race prejudice. But as well, he was a baseball businessman, and he wanted access to the rich pool of talent that were in the negro leagues, and robinson, as he said in the film, was only the first. Very quickly, others were signed from the negro leagues. So i think it was a number of motivations. Whichever one predominated, i dont think we know. Tavis but he was honest about that. Throughout the movie he kept saying money, money, money. Yeah. Tavis i tho
Families. Bullets destroy neighborhoods. And they ruin any sense of safety in a community. Martha so lets take you through just some of what we saw this weekend. Carnage and heartbreaking mobs over just a few days in chicago, some of the shooting victims we have been able to get pictures of our africanamericans, but you did not hear their names and you probably did not hear about them, but we will show you them now. On the left side there were a two teenage boys, 15 and 16 years old walking in the dark just after midnight when someone shot at them from a sedan. One was hit in the leg, the chest, and the stomach. He died at the hospital. His friend was also hit, but he survive. On saturday night, this 13yearold girl amari jones was shot and killed inside a home at 8 30 p. M. In the evening. Her two friends with her were wounded. Toddler mckay james, the child on the lefthand side of your screen was hit in the back when the car that a 27yearold father was driving was pursued by a blue ho
The end of the year. Senior Administration Official says that it was designed to free up about half a million jobs for american workers. And for that rally over the weekend, White House Press secretary is insisting that President Trump was not angry about that lower than expected turnout. His media reports, there is no grounding to that. I was with him on marine one on the way there. Marine one after. He was very pleased with how the rally went. When President Trump took the stage in tulsa for the first rally and nearly four months, he saw something he doesnt normally see. Big sections of empty seats. The campaign had claimed more than a Million People had rsvped. But only about 6,000 showed up. According to the Fire Department. 12,000 according to the campai campaign. They say that the campaign got rocked. The president s Campaign Manager called the claim bogus. He blames the low turnout on the Fake News Media warning people away from the rally because of covid and protesters. Whateve
Disease. So unfortunately we have a situation where its sort of a double whammy of a negative capability of them to respond, through no fault of their own, because of underlying conditions and the conditions in which they find themselves. Dr. Fauci, would you consider racism itself as being a reason that members of the Africanamerican Community have greater comorbidity . I think the question was would i consider institutional racism as contributing. Yes. Yes, thank you, congressman. Obviously the Africanamerican Community has suffered from racism for a very, very long period of time. And i cannot imagine that that has not contributed to the conditions that they find themselves in economically and otherwise. So the answer, congressman, is yes. Admiral giroir, your announcement that provides 100 million, 40 million to go to the Morehouse College of medicine for Contact Tracing and testing. I have introduced a bill which calls for 100 million for testing and Contact Tracing. 100 million o