Pipeline project with russia calling the restrictions on. This is R T International my names you know neil welcome to the program. We start in france where nationwide rallies by Health Care Workers over the past 24 hours saw some ugly scenes tens of thousands turned to remind the government about its pledge to help medical support hospitals but as the day progressed the peaceful protests took a darker turn. I. Think this is video showing a nurse being injured during a Violent Arrest at the rally in paris on the house sparked a furious reaction online its been reported that she was the tane for throwing projectiles for her daughter whos a journalist leapt to her defense on twitter. This woman is my mother shes 50 years old and nurse she worked for 3 months between 12 and 14 hours a day she had to call the 19 she was demonstration so that would be erased that who work would be recognized shes this matic she has her uniform on shes on the one meter 55 toll. To camera operators from r t fr
Nothing was ok. That is when we became scaredan it was, either you work or you dont eat. Judy all that and more on tonight pbs newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by Consumer Cellular. Financial Services Firm raymond james. Johnson johnson. In supportg social entrepreneurs and their solutionss to the worlds most pressing probls. Skoll foundation. Org. The lemelson foundation. Committed to improving lives through invention in the u. S. And developing o countries get the web at level send. Org lemelson. Org. Supported by the john dn Catherine T Macarthur foundation, committed to building a more just, verdant and peaceful world. More information atfo md. Org. And with the ongoing support of these institutions. This program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting and by contributions to your pbs thank you. Om viewers like you. Judy stephanie good evening, im stephanie sy. We will return to Judy Woodruff and the rest of the program after the l
Not enough that long ago the difference. In washington across the United States and in cities around the world demonstrators denounce racism and Police Violence after the killing of george floyd. Thousands of israelis protest in tel aviv against the governments plan to annex parts of the occupied west bank. And sport in german footballs lineup and global stars had a message for the world. Players from across the league showing their solidarity with the black lives matter lived. For more than a year his forces have pushed west towards tripoli but now the tide is turning against the libyan warlord. The un recognized government that he is trying to topple is pressing on with an offensive to reclaim territory from hafta its forces entering his stronghold city of sirte and its also rejected a cease fire plan put forward by hafta and his egyptian allies we will have live updates from libya in a moment 1st this report from the wide in tripoli. Proposing a peace deal in cairo egypts president
Embassy and theyre all out despite warnings about large gatherings during the pandemic the tally of global deaths now past is 400 pounds and in other news libyas internationally recognized government prepares for a new advance against the retreating falls is a whole lot faster while his egyptian allies push for a cease fire. And end spore in germany from all of the lineup of global stars had a message for the worlds players from across the league showing their solidarity black lives matter in this. And he racism rallies are spreading across europe this sunday in solidarity with those in the u. S. Over the death of george floyd we will start here live pictures from london where demonstrators are out again in front of that large building the u. S. Embassy echoing the chorus of voices demanding an end to systemic racism and Police Brutality. Weve got outside the u. S. Embassy in spains capital protesters holding pictures of george freud signs reading some of his last words i cant breathe
Between the four of us we have written at least 17 biographies. It might be more than that. I was losing count because Randy Roberts has written so many. Youve written more than half of our total number i think. So we have a lot of experience in the genre. We have obviously been drawn to it and have an affinity for it some way or another. Before we begin, let me introduce the panelists, and as i introduce each of you, if you could just stand a minute or two, telling the audience what was it that you used for your biography. What is it you love about the genre. First we have larry, from New York University of arts and a musical writing program. He is particularly interested in the history of broadway and comedy. He has written a play with Richard Rogers in addition to several other books. His most recent biographical word is the documentary film semi davis junior, i gotta be me. Larry, tell us what has drawn you to this. I may be a little different from the rest of the panel my venue is