In liberating strife many of us felt we never would get a chance to really fight. Who more than self their country loved and mercy more than life i couldnt go in, which i didnt realize at that time, was because of the color of my skin. America america may god make god thy gold refine the story of africanamericans in world war ii is, indeed, a legacy of patriotism and valor. In 1941 americans looked at their world and saw war everywhere. Across the atlantic adolf hitlers german troops occupied nearly every inch of europe, from france to russia, to the baltic sea and in north africa. In the pacific the Japanese Army and navy had already captured parts of china, manchuria, korea and a number of nearby islands. Pearl harbor would stun the United States into war. Monday morning the first thing i did was go down to the recruiting station to enlist in the service of my country. I was told there was no quota for black troops. Theyve got to remember that this country was very discriminatory, se
Outgoing director close to tell a man will look at his final year in office and his impressive career limiting the last cultural diplomat starts nov 16th on d w with news that a vaccine might be around the corner, you ethical questions are on the horizon. Who will get it 1st . How much will it cost . Will the ritual pole be 1st in line . For the most vulnerable, like this woman here, shes living in a bomb shelter because of the armenian azerbaijani conflict. It is running rampant in these tight corners. Says go to frontline workers who put their lives on the line. Like here at a testing station in frankfurt. Questions remain, especially on the news that brazil has suspended its trial of a chinese candidate vaccine. There are no easy answers. Welcome to the show all this week with talking vaccines and code 19 on monday hughes broke that there could be a vaccine by the end of the year. And americas pfizer. Germanys biotech were 1st to announce successful data from a large scale Clinical
Area watching people vote and tracking count and checking on possible protests and so many important races that affect you in many ways from sales tax to members of city council and changes in california law. We will start with the big race for the white house. Scott mcgrew is joining us now. I know a lot of people are voting even the first lady. Even the first lady. Doing it in florida. Good morning to you. Doing it in person in florida. The president previously voted about a week ago in florida in person. Here is some video of the First Lady Melania Trump as she leaves the polling station in west palm beach. The trumps official residence is maralago so they are florida voters. The first lady said it was important to her to vote on election day. The president did not campaign today. He had no Campaign Stops on his calendar for this afternoon. Stead he is visiting his Campaign Headquarters across the river from the white house in arlington, virginia. He didnt get back to the white hous
I am speaking to you from my home in ithaca new york and im the author of cosmos possible worlds and im deeply, truly honored to be participating in this event for the library of congress. The very first of cosmo cosmos 0 years ago, carl sagan and stephen and i celebrated the Great Library of alexandria and the library of congress means so very much to me because of the democratic idea of the worlds knowledge to all of us so it is my great honor to be here. Im here to talk about household world just the book ive written and also a Television Series that i had the pleasure of producing, writing and directing with my collaborator. So, why a third cosmos after 30 years . The first cosmos was an effort to give the broadest possible public a global public. Itits coordinates in space and time. It was his dream, one that i completely share that how we find our way in the cosmos, the great story of the 40,000 generations of human beings who in one way or another added to the current understand
Hello and welcome to the show. Im Stephen Beardsley in berlin. Its good to have you with us. The shares of alibaba and 10 cent fell sharply on wednesday. Hit by concerns of a new anti trust legislation by the chinese government. Beijing has published a 1st draft of the monopolistic rules aimed at the countrys tech giants. Well, they are not accused of any wrongdoing. Investors fear that new rules could impact their growth in the future. Alibaba shares were down more than 8 percent on the day. That on the same date announced record turnover from its singles day sales promotion. Beijings actions come on the heels of growing regulatory action elsewhere against tech. The u. S. Justice department suing google for antitrust violations last month and European Commission filing antitrust charges against amazon. On monday. Lets go now to our financial correspondent in frankfurt, chelsey de laney. I do not believe that is jealousy. Maybe we can get chelsea up. Theres jealousy. Good morning, josi