Nostrils arent virgins any more. Today the world hit a major milestone as great britan became the first country to officially approve a fully tested vaccine. So big congratulations britan, it is amazing how much you can get done when you dont waste time combing your hair. And you know this is really, really great news for the world. Unless britain decides to use this opportunity to get revenge. So it turns out weve gotten the vaccine and well be handing it out to all of our colonies, oh, oh, thats right, you dont want to be colonies any more, i guess more vaccine for me, oh, aah, how do you like that now, ind india, so safety and precaution is fantastic but there is one country who might be taking their precautions a little too far. Belt gum is putting a four person lit limit on holiday parties deurd the pandemic pandemic. Officials say all gatherings must be held outdoor in a yard or garden and only one guest will be able to enter the house during the entire party. If you really have
Welcome everyone to the brooklyn book festival. Tonight is the seventh day of an eightday festival where we have presented over 100 programs and almost 300 authors. It has been a tremendous week of literary celebration as were very grateful to have his of the wilkerson and Michael Eric Dyson with us tonight. I would like to say one thing, show the love by purchasing their books in the link below. They are authors with books after all and going to turn over now to both of them to continue the conversation. Thank you very much. Thank you very kindly. Im honored to be here today with a woman who is among the 304 greatest writers in america, arguably the finest writer in america today. I am going to make that argument. So it is an extraordinary honor to be with you, ms. Isabel wilkerson, and to have this opportunity to chat with you. Theyre calling it a a conversation but im just going to fan boy out and as as a sayn the hood, ask you some questions. And see if we can stimulate the convers
Peter i am going to go ahead and turn it over to john. I want to start with something i read in the introduction. Just absolutely fascinated by. And it is about your father. It is really a lovely story. Irwin silber. Book, published a songs of the civil war. He was not like a diehard civil war buff. He was not that kind nina he did like to sing the songs. Peter i have a question about your father. This is what you wrote. This book is not about my father civil war. It is partly about the people who created the civil war my father came to love as well as those who created the kind of civil war that he despised. So tell us, what did you mean by that . How can that help us sort of frame your book . Then we will turn it over to john. Nina so i think come in terms of the kind of the civil war that he came to love, i guess i would say that was the civil war i am going to say it was the civil war created by the popular front. By that, i mean this sort of loose coalition of civil rights organiz
Freedom Fighters Group were demonstrating near a school said to have held an all White Dance Party in october. South africas president has called for an investigation, just scribing the clashes as deeply regrettable the german president has taken part in commemorations marking 75 years since the start of the nuremberg trials. 24 high ranking representatives of germanys nazi regime were brought to justice for war crimes, paving the way for the creation of the International Criminal court in the hague. This is d. W. News from berlin. Follow us on twitter and instagram it d w news or visit t w dot com the world is marking and remembering nuremberg, 75 years ago, the trials began in that city of prominent members of the political, military and Economic Leadership of nazi germany. And so the 1st prosecutions under International Jurisdiction and the 1st prosecutions for crimes against humanity. And also led to the establishment of the International Criminal court. I am phil graham, in berlin
75 years since the start of the nuremberg trials, president from voters steinmeyer takes part in the commemorations. The prosecutions of top nazi officials helped lay the foundations of the International Criminal court. Im jarid radio. Thank you for joining me. Us drug giant pfizer and its german pot now by own take have applied for a marriage and see authorize ation for their corona virus vaccine. In the United States now, based on the vaccines high safety record, the u. S. Food and Drug Administration could ground to merge and permission for a marriage and sea use before testing is complete. And if it does, the 1st doses could be administered next month. Now, across the world to Severe Health and Economic Impacts of the pandemic mean, a vaccine cant come soon enough. A small pub with a big history. 60 years of the albatross pub in california, once hosted intellectuals of the Free Speech Movement in the sixtys. Today, its shutting down for good to the coronavirus pandemic where people