Nation to begin vaccinating its population against the coronavirus its also the 1st country using the buy and take 5 vaccine the 1st shot went to a 90 year old friend. Germanys eastern state of saxony has become the latest state to expand its lock down schools and most businesses to close a Living Health institution now says germany should consider a hot lockdown beginning Christmas Eve. British Prime Minister Barak Johnson will travel to brussels on wednesday in a final push for a post to break the trade deal with the e. U. Meanwhile london has withdrawn some of its breadth of legislation that reneged on an earlier agreement in a move seen as a positive jester. This is day to day news from ben then you can follow us on twitter and instagram at the news website at www dot com. Medical history was written today it happened at 631 this morning in coventry england 90 year old Margaret Keenan rolled up the sleeve of her Merry Christmas t. Shirt looked at the nurse holding the syringe and s
Pandemic rch record highs with no signs of slowing down. Researchers are now warning the u. S. Death toll may near 540,000 by april. Today we will speak to one of the worlds leading Infectious Disease doctors, paul farmer, the cofound of partne in health. All of these epidemics find their way to exploit social disparities and inequalities and take their greatest harvest among the pr anvulnerab. E qstion ware aski is does that need to be the case . And of course, the answer is, no, it does not. Amy dr. Paul farmer will talk about the pandemic, health care inequality, and his new book fevers, feuds and diamonds ebola and the ravages of history. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the quarantine report. Im amy goodman. The United States has set yet another world record for daily coronavirus cases and hospitalizations and deaths with over 216,000 infections confirmed thursday and more than 2800 deaths. Nearly 101,000 people are hospitalized with covi
Country musics grand old opery. Today we are at the historic Ryman Auditorium in downtown nashville, tennessee. The nickname of the Ryman Auditorium was the Mother Church of Country Music, which definitely tells the history of both things that it is famous for. It was built by a river boat captain who was famously converted under a tent in downtown nashville in may of 1865, and after his conversion, he believed that traveling ministers should have a permanent home inside that was large enough to take the large crowds of the traveling ministers who came to town. Captain ryman built the Ryman Auditorium and it opened at first in 1892 as a tabernacle. That is the church part of the history. The music part of the history, the Country Music part deals with the grand ole opry, which came here in 1943 after being in many different homes in nashville and stayed here until 1974 when the new opry house was built. During the run of the 40s, 50s, 60s and 70s, some of the most famous people in all
Heavenly. Unique events and characters with love, danger, excitement, poetry and holiness. Well, this is the archdiocese of san francisco. Join us, learning all about the riches of christmas. Good morning and welcome. I want our guest here today. Laura joining me. We know each other. He worked with the archdiocese. The directive which is. There is. And you would be called a liturgist. A theologian sort of a historian. You are very well versed. They depend on you to make sure that our ceremonies are proper and correct. Absolutely. We are talking today about christmas. Youve created a slideshow for us. Our point here today is that christmas is full of riches. If you are willing to slow down you enter into a wonderful set of stories. So, how should we start this . Well, i think you talked about earlier that its not just one day. Well, this is by the end of it. It doesnt start 12 days before christmas. Then we go for 12 days. As i told you earlier, dead Christmas Trees are already on the c
Welcome to de. Glad you could join us. The government of pakistan Prime Minister is facing calls to resign. Opposition parties which of united under the banner of the Pakistan Democratic Movement coalition that he was installed by the military in rigged elections in 28. 00. Protests began in october and are set to continue into next month. At least, the latest in the city of the weekend. These demonstrators, by the government not to gather because of the coronavirus endemic. But they defied the ban and turned out in force. They represent a wide range of groups from secular nationalists to right wing religious organizations and left of center parties. What they have in common is a desire to unseat Prime Minister, imran carne but the american consumer. I came to the rally because we are happy with iran current one has not done any good work for poor people. I did not vote for iran car and will not vote for him in the future. Imran khan has not followed through on his promises. The protes