Policies are still working. I want to get your reactions to this great jobs report. Paris, lets start with you. First of all, thank you for having me tonight. This is a tremendous achievement for the president but it is even better for the american people. With the job numbers coming out today, there were estimates unemployment would be upwards of 20 or more. The unemployment number was 13. 3 . 13. 3 is still high, but we have to put into context of where we are as a nation. The president essentially had to shut off the economy to save lives. More specifically, he had to save black american lives that were disproportionally impacted by the Global Pandemic we call covid19. Even in the face of covid19, the economy being shut off, the economy itself, the fundamentals, the foundation that President Trumps leadership has echoed into this new generation of Wealth Creation and lowering unemployment numbers for the black community specifically, record lows in reported history, the economy is s
Let us pray. Communities of color and those on the margin, we are tired, tired of the racism in our streets and structures, an open against you, taking the lives and denying the dignity of your children. We are called to mourn, to , and made the dead rest. May our acts of solidarity and justice with the living be a died. Al to those who have lord, bless our hurting nation. Bless and give peace to the families of george floyd and lost a son, ae daughter, father, mother, sister, brother, friend. Those who take to our streets to protest injustice. Give him encourage, wisdom, and respect for others. Bless all those who seek justice and peace when we have too little of both. Bless those called upon to protest. Give those in Law Enforcement eight commitment to equal justice for all, respect for the lives and dignity of all those who serve and protect from harm. Bless our leaders, give them wisdom, compassion, a thirst for justice. Help them bring us together to. Dvance bless all who are part
first african pope. is the catholic church at a crossroads? cardinal peter turkson, welcome to hardtalk. thank you. in your long career in the church, you have seen the centre of gravity, the geographical centre of gravity of the church, shift quite dramatically. what difference do you think it has made? well, thanks for having me on the show. yeah, it is true. it is true that what used to be. ..a church centred in europe, out of which a lot of missionaries went out, and so came to africa and several other places in the south, we see some decline. decline that manifests itself first in the form that missionaries are no more. ..out there to be sent. church numbers are dwindling. but in the home of those missionaries. yes, yes. in germany, in germany, in france, in ireland. absolutely. and those countries where the missionaries did their work so many years ago, they re not really needed now because the catholic church is in countries such as your own in ghana. right. so that is
what difference do you think it has made? well, thanks for having me on the show. yeah, it is true. it is true that what used to be. ..a church centred in europe, out of which a lot of missionaries went out, and so came to africa and several other places in the south, we see some decline. decline that manifests itself first in the form that missionaries are no more. ..out there to be sent. church numbers are dwindling. but in the home of those missionaries. yes, yes. in germany, in germany, in france, in ireland. absolutely. and those countries where the missionaries did their work so many years ago, they re not really needed now because the catholic church is in countries such as your own in ghana. right. so that is true, that is true. but i probably not said they re not needed now. naturally, you know, every missionary can be needed if even there are ten to do the same job that one person used to do in the past. so when it comes to missionary i never talk about redundancy,
Pleasure of introducing to you i said to him, Cardinal Turkson, what can i call you . He said how will that peter. I will not use peter, i would use Cardinal Turkson. He is at the forefront of the ideas we have been discussing this morning in the few minutes we have gotten started as we have laid out the imperative of this conference. He has some familiarity with the united states. He went to school there. He went back to ghana, became an archbishop and then a cardinal, first nominated by Pope John Paul ii. Pope benedict brought them here to the vatican and pope francis has given him this new response ability. Here is what hope francis said handed this responsibility which begins january 2017. He will be competent in issues involving migrants, those in need, this sick, excluded and marginalized, as well as victims of armed conflict, natural disasters in all forms of slavery and torture. You have your hands full. [laughter] Cardinal Turkson that is quite a case. Good morning to all of y