The National Assembly the people are picking a new congress which is currently controlled by opposition parties but they boycotted the elections saying it was a fraud. In this Voting Center in the macoutes district that is normally a lot of people when these election today what you have is a country which has been rejected and not just in the photos and videos but across the country the contrast to this is to go out of his chiefs to demand their rights to choose the ukase getting to roll out the 1st doses of the Coronavirus Vaccine made on tuesday the initial batches have been distributed to toss bottle selected to administer it. As a doctor this is a really exciting moment n. H. S. Staff around the country vaccination hub such as this one we hear at today have been working tirelessly to make sure that we are prepared to commence vaccination on tuesday this feels like the beginning of the end but of course its a marathon not a sprint and it will take many months for us to vaccinate eve
Maintaining the optimum level of oxygen in the supply system there was no busy. Later on as we are finding out about this report there was no what does come out basically is that there was. Of oxygen for several months nobody. Issues regarding renewal of gone tried to go its a failure at multiple levels u. S. President elect joe biden has chosen californias attorney general to serve as his Health Secretary if confirmed by the senate havea basara will be the festa tanner to head that Department French president emanuel says on sales to egypt will not be made conditional on its human rights record he says he did speak frankly about Rights Violations with present up to paris on monday but without adding detail. Millions of people across the u. S. State of california now back on the sweeping lockdown rules the stay home or to places restrictions on the opening of restaurants psalms and stores while also limiting gatherings the measures are being implemented as the states reports its highes
Challenging and trying to overturn those results and win the 2nd term in the white house donald trump is also urging georgia voters to come out to the polls in january for our Critical Senate runoff race he says it will control not just the future of the senate which republicans currently hold but the future of their. The u. S. Has reported a Record Number of covert 1000 infections for the 3rd day in a row nearly 230000 cases were recorded over the last 24 hours according to Johns Hopkins university the u. S. Has seen a major resurgence of the virus over the past months putting even more pressure on hospitals u. K. Media is reporting that the british cabinet will support Prime Minister boys johnson over a no deal breaks it the u. K. And the e. U. s to let on its less than a month before the deadline to reach a deal talks are set to continue later on sunday. A committee in the us has found that to wreck to microwave radiation is the likely cause of an outbreak of mysterious illnesses am
Update there are two i want to start with. One is this monumental biography of Frederick Douglass, probably the definitive biography of Frederick Douglass especially with what is going on in the United States in terms of the fight for Racial Justice nobody was more consequential and has been more consequential on the question of race in america than Frederick Douglass, way ahead of his time. He was not only in abolitionist and passionate abolitionist as a former slave but he insisted from the earliest time in the 1840s right through his death toward the end of the Nineteenth Century that equality was the goal and he would brooke no deviation from that. Very clear what the goal was. So many of his words ring true today and i really recommend the biography. It is a long read but really powerful. Guest one of the things i learned about Frederick Douglass is he was also a very active suffragist. Absolutely. Very consistent and had a distinguished career and was able to talk to a mixedrace
Joining us once again on book tv is congressman gerald connolly, democrat from virginia. Give us an update on your reading list, congressman. Peter, as you know i read at least a book a week and the last broadcast, the book read update, there are two i want to start with. One is this monumental biography of Frederick Douglass by david wright. Its probably the definitive biography of Frederick Douglass and especially with whats going on in the United States and its fight for Racial Justice nobody was more consequential and has been more consequential on the question of race in america and Frederick Douglass, way ahead of his time. He was not only an abolitionist and a passionate abolitionist as a former slave, but he insisted from the earliest times in the 1840s, right towards the end of the 19th century the quality was the goal. And he would brook no deviation from that. It was very clear about what the goal was and so many of his words ring true today i really recommend the biography