Muslim call to prayer in a Protestant Church. As ramadan winds down a church in berlin has opened its doors to muslims short on space to trade during the panda. Im brian thomas great to have you with us today india and bangladesh are assessing the damage left by one of the most violent storms in years cycling on farm has left a trail of destruction in coastal communities and west bengals main city kolkata millions of people are now without electricity and the coronavirus is hampering efforts to provide relief. To the last ditch fs these bangladeshis are preparing for the one. Psst. Filling sandbags with their bare hands they braved conditions brought on by one of the most powerful cyclons in decades. Meteorologists have dubbed it a super cyclamen and as it headed inland it lived up to that name it sent water surging inland some 25 kilometers the damage compounded by winds of up to 185 kilometers per hour. In comic conditions inside kid of bangladesh volunteers helped to bring locals to
Meeting of movement. She is interviewed by rebecca tracer. Afterwards is the weekly interview program, interviewing top nonfiction authors about the latest work. All afterwards programs are also available im podcasts. And is so nice to be here with you. Talking about your new book which is coming. I actually want to start by asking you about humor. Because your writing in this book is very funny. Would you call yourself a humor writer. I guess so. Thank you. People love to call me a comedian which i dont really feel like is accurate because i dont do santa company. I have but a long time ago. And it is very hard and i didnt like it. I wasnt good at it. I am a comedy writer. Im a humor writer. I do nothing but try to be funny all of the time. That is my main mission. I guess i want to ask you, as a writer, as a feminist writer, a political writer, a cultural critic, how is humor a useful entry. For this things you want to see. It has always been very useful to me i found. Maybe it is ju
president biden facing pressure at home and abroad as worn gaza rages on the situation at the southern border deteriorates. in gaza at no sign of peace this christmas eve as israeli troops push their all out assault on the strip. the fate of the remaining hostages being held by hamas the still in limbo. welcome to a special edition of fox news live on this christmas eve. i am bryan llenas in for eric and arthel paid the bite administration is facing growing pressure to act against yemen trent eight after the launch ward tracks on commercial chips in the red sea. the iran backed rebels complicating efforts to calm things down in the pentagon ironic launch a drone attack of its own yesterday on a japanese tanker off the coast of india around exile prince telling fox news the country s tactic is to help hamas but avoid taking responsibility for the attacks. but this regime has pretty much it mastered proxy wars. and particularly embolden and encoencouraencourage one appeast be
Definitely a lot of happiness after everything that has gone on but that road to recovery. They are making strides slow by but surely. Let me give you an example what some of these people are having to deal with. This is debris just one on one section of road on morningside drive here in kinston, and today the governor pat damage days after this flood waters from Hurricane Matthew receded. The governor says theres going to be three things he and his office are currently working on, starting a capital fund for businesses. The second order of business is to get those open bridges and roads. Theres still 300 in North Carolina closed. And finally, figure out how to rebuild kinston among other North Carolina towns. We spoke to one man who owns several residential and damaged or even destroyed. He says he does not have flood insurance. Weve had our hands full with restoration. Weve had a number of teams to help us try to expedite this as quickly as possible, but my real concern is for people
Supervisor yee. Our next is by supervisor cohen and myself. Supervisor cohen do you want to make introductory comments. Supervisor malia cohen thank you very much. Please come to the podium. Thanks. So, happy mentor ship month, everyone. January is National Mentor ship month and we are taking a moment to recognize big brothers and big sisters in the area. Earlier today supervisor chiu ands i announced a partnership with big brothers and big sisters of the bay area to reduce, what is a travesty, a waiting list in San Francisco of 83 students waiting to be partnered up with a mentor. Our goal is to go from 83 to 0. No person can do this alone. The Partnership Brings together the government and the private sector together to satisfy this need. This lady that i brought up to the opposed the podium is kathy bella. Shes going to talk about the mentor ship program and shell talk about that. My Program Began in january at the library. Out of the 83 students that are on the list waiting for a b