association meeting. amira rose davis is a professed or professor of history at penn state college in pennsylvania and is working on a book about the lives and labors of women athletes in the age of jim crow. thanks for joining us on american history tv. thanks for having me. let me begin with your book, expected to be published in about a year. what have you learned so far? so many things. i started the project asking, is there a long history of black women in sports? i found more than i expected to find. there wasn t any archive labeled history of black women in sports. by the time i pieced it together, i would say i got started by finding three women who played baseball in the negro leagues in the 1950 s. it was a remarkable story. they played with the man. one things that stuck out about that story was that the owner who had brought in these black women to play against the men said he had something called the gal file, where women and young girls were writing in
death of george floyd. what we know about how this is going to play out. and desperately needed aid is now arriving in tonga, more than a week after a volcano eruption and tsunami there, but volunteers say there are still major challenges ahead. we are so grateful that you re joining us this sunday, january 23rd. thanks so much for waking up with us. good morning to you, christi. good morning, boris. good to see you. of course. let s talk about what we re learning out of new york this morning. yeah, really a tragic story. new york city police officer jason rivera, the deadly shooting that claimed his life, the 22-year-old was killed friday night when he was responding to a domestic violence call. his partner, 27-year-old wilbert mora, was critically injured. the rookie cop grew up in an immigrant community where he said relations with police were strained and that s why he decided to join the force, to help. yesterday mayor eric adams honored rivera and the ot
in for stephanie ruhle, it is thursday, january 20th and we have a lot to get to. this morning a major loss for former president trump after the supreme court denied his request to block the january 6th committee from seeing hundreds of his white house documents. we will break down what information the kbhe got handed within hours and is now pouring over. also, when could the public see it? plus overnight the senate slamming the door on voting rights legislation. president biden says without it he can t guarantee the midterms will be legitimate. and with the world on edge waiting for president putin s next move the white house now doing damage control after the president seemed to open the door for putin to do a, quote, minor incursion. we will take you inside ukraine. but i want to start with the president officially kicking off his second year in office today after marking that occasion with a nearly two hour long press conference. while he took some criticism for t
suddenly not anymore. during his entire first year in office joe biden did nothing to improve the actual lives of actual american citizens and he did it because he didn t even try. making people happy was not equity agenda. the equity agenda dispensing rough justice, media reparation by other names. in his speech as you can see clearly how joe biden feels about america. he is deeply disappointed in th country and he s annoyed with the people who live here. he doesn t can joel voters, he harangues and rates them, patronize as them and issued threats. you because the corona pandemic. no fourth of july hotdogs until you obey. for an american president, this is an entirely new way of governing and you ve got to wonder how long it can continue. how are democrats going to hold onto power in the coming midter election? if you think about it there s only one way they can do that, they have to create a new form of government, one that keeps incumbents in power forever no matter what t
narrow wedge of milder air stop what this will bring is some snow for a time and even low levels across scotland and northern england and over the hills of wales and the midlands. and that will turn back to reign as the wedge of milder air works in before colder conditions temperatures four to 9 degrees, and friday will bring more wintry showers for many. friday will bring more wintry showers for many. friday will bring more wintry showers for man . . , ., ., showers for many. that s it. have a aood showers for many. that s it. have a good evening- hello and welcome to sportsday. it s damage limitation for england s cricketers, we ll have the latest from sydney ahead of the fourth ashes test that starts later tonight. he s not vaccinated for covid 19 but novak djokovic has been given a medical exemption to defend his australian open title. a month to go before the winter olympics, can they possibly be covid safe with thousands of athletes heading to beijing also coming u