This agreement will fully support Airline Industry workers, preserve the vital role that airlines play in our economy and protect taxpayers. The airlines are in good shape and they will get over a very tough time that was not caused by them. United states is continuing to make substantial progress in our war against the virus. We grieve every precious life that has been lost. To the invisible enemy. But through the darkness, we can see the rays of light. We see that tunnel. At the end of the tunnel, we see light. We are starting to see it. More than ever before. The numbers, everything we done, we have been very strong on it, very powerful on it. Look at what is happening in other countries. Spain, italy, the united kingdom, we are working with them, we are trying to help them with ventilators. They need ventilators so badly. Of counties within the United States have zero cases. Many counties within the United States have a very small number of cases. Large sections of our country are
How do you enforce that . We have put into place a series of orders in making it clear what a stay directive is. As ive mentioned, we have had a number of orders put in place and we have asked our residents and businesses to abide with them all. What you see from residents and. Hey continue to be concerned we are asking shoppers to limit your trips, maintain social distancing in those stores, and of course to wear a face mask. Critical ofvery that 2. 2 trillion tax, saying people were once again being shortchanged. How so . For the first time in the purposes of federal, the district was treated like a territory. We are not a territory. We are in fact a in the american system. The governor, and the county executive all at once d. C. Residents pay taxes, federal taxes, unlike the territories, in fact, we pay them at a rate thats the highest per capita in our system and more than 22 states in total. So this bill very curiously did not give us statelevel funding like we get for education a
Theres something elemental about speaking the story that puts it to a different task. Narrators bring stories to life in countless ways. The works of shakespeare, toni morrison, Jason Reynolds and Michelle Obama are ace are richer experience heard rather than silent we read. Because of an intimate experience youre not performing per se. You are narrating it. And constantly listening and now get out my iphone and make a recording of someone that might have some characteristic. I feel like its less of myself as a poet who performs and now its myself being let me hold your hand and tell you this thing i heard was so inviting people but its in a different way. If i dont give everybody the utmost respect and understanding and compassion and the im not doing justice to this book. Studies have shown that listening to audiobooks is a more Emotional Experience and tories shared through other mediums. Its not a movie. Its not a book but it has the best of both worlds. Its a very intimate form of
He has had a 30year emmy and peabody awardwinning career in Television News and documentaries. Jeanne ellsworth has a ph. D. In social foundations of education from the university of buffalo and has devoted her life to teaching from Elementary School to prisons, to universities. The authors live in rocksbury, new york. Please give a warm savannah welcome to kent garrett and jeannie else worth. [applause] finish jeanne ellsworth. [applause] well, thank you for enlightening us, and ill let you know the book is called the last negroes at harvard. 61 years ago harvard admitted 18 negroes, and thats what we were called then, and we were the largest number at that time ever admitted to harvard. We were from all different parts of the country north, south, east and west and we came from different economic and socioeconomic backgrounds. And we, heretofore theyd been letting, admitting blacks to harvard but only two or three at a time. And most guys would just go and do their four years and the
Continue to do our partat kron 4 with social distancing here in the studio and of course heth officials want us all to do worldwide there are about 596,000 cases and more than 27,000 deaths. In the United States alone there was a surge of more than 21,000 confirmed cases in the past 24 hours. This came after the us became the country with the highest number of cases tonight. There are more than a 104,000 cases while 1700 people have died. In california. There are more than 4700 k a coronavirus cases and 94 people have died. The Us Navy Ship Mercy with is 100 hospital beds arrived in Southern California today and a somber warning from los angeles today as the city of angels prepares for what is expected to be a significant surge cases of covid 19our kate ronan has the latest on developments there. With 257 new confirmed cases in los angeles today and 5 new deaths la is readying for an even greater pected surge in the coming days, yesterdays would of course have a 50 doubling rate of les