Purchase sonias book, the next great migration and thats a way to support our author and pollic and prose. Now with that another of the way, it is my delight to welcome sonia shah, science journalist and prize winning author, he writing on science, politics and human rights appeared in the new york times, the wall street journal and Foreign Affairs among many others. Also been featured on radio ad, and ted. Com with he talk, three reasons why we still havent gotten rid of malaria and the off ore sever books including the fever and pandemic. Tonight she will be talk about will you new book, the next gravity migration, an overview of the migration and the often necktive responses. Many figures complaint the migration is destructive. She argues migration is an ancient and lifesaving response to environmental change. The back makes the case for future in which migration is nat source of fear but of hope. So, without any further adieu he is sonia. Hi, everyone. Thank you for joining us toni
I said something along the hines of, you know, what are some of the worst effects of the migrant crisis, in your opinion. Something like that. And he stopped and he said there is no migrant crisis. And i was quite puzzled, and i said, well, theres all this tumult, and theres, you know, people are dying and drowning, and people are getting stuck in refugee camps and everyones upset, so, you know, whats happening then . If its not a migrant crisis, what is it . He said its not a crisis of migration because there are plenty of jobs for these people if they wanted to take them, theres plenty of room, theres and, in fact, what i learned about the disease status is that there were no disease outbreaks except for the ones caused by the conditions that these people were being kept in. So they were being detained in, you know, unsanitary camps, makeshift they had squats in abandoned schools and stadiums and things like that. And just by virtue of those conditions, there were some outbreaks of t
Can do via a link in the chat which i just posted. We support our authors. With that out of the way, i welcome sonia shah the science of journalists and prizewinning author. Her writing on science, politics and human rights has appeared in the new york times, wall street journal and Foreign Affairs among many others and has been featured on a radio lab fresh air and ted. Com. With her talk, three reasons why we have not gotten rid of malaria. Also author of the 70 several books including pandemic. Today we will talk about her new book, the next great migration which provides an overview of migration and often the negative responses it provokes. Some may claim its a Destructive Force that she argues migration is an ancient lifesaving response to environmental change in the book makes the case for a future in which migration is not a source of a fear. Without further ado, here is sonia. Hello and thank you for joining us tonight. I wish i could see you in person , but im tired we can do
Agreement and the upcoming 2020 election and her recent response to a reporter who asked her if she hated the president. Coming out this side this time. [laughing] thank you so much. What a great morning it has been. I am very excited for the next conversation. She needs no introduction. She was the first woman to lead a Congressional Party in the first female speaker of the house of representatives. Please join me and welcoming Speaker Nancy Pelosi to the stage. [cheering and applause] first standing ovation of the day. All right. First of all, i want to say thank you for joining us. You have had a busy morning. I want to start with a conversation dominating washington. The Committee Held a hearing yesterday for the presentation of the committee report. Articles of impeachment were announced. Obstruction of congress and abuse of power. This is not a road you wanted to go down. Why do you think that it is necessary now . Making their announcement. 10 00 oclock we had a press Conference
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