Veterans began . This actually started which stems from a documentary i did on the mississippi delta chinese. And i needed to find the right hook to tell the story of the Chinese Americans in the mississippi delta. Chinese American History is not sexy, so it took me almost 20 years to find the right way to tell this story, compelling enough to bring it a full audience. And i had the good fortune of meeting doctor Gwendolyn Gong who did a tremendous amount of research on the veterans, Service Personnel from mississippi delta. And from there, we discussed and talked about how to create a three part series that aired on pbs on the chinese and mississippi delta, and that got me interested in the world war ii veterans. So, honor and duty is really a compendium that all 22,000 plus Chinese Americans that served in world war ii, is that correct . Thats correct. This research was conducted over three years time. Actually, just a bit more than three years. We have been able to identify 22,827 w
Also, memorial day weekend, a lot of people people are going to honor Military Members who gave their lives in service, going to see how group of volunteers is going to honor the sacrifice of black veterans who service was nearly forgotten im looking forward to have a great show. Thank you very much. Lets do it right now. Lets start the show well first of all, it is may 25th, four years ago today george floyd was murdered in minneapolis. He was 46 years old. And if i now youve seen the video, then Minneapolis Police officer Derek Chauvin knelt on his back and neck for more than nine minutes is fluid repeated . I cant breathe well, that video touched off something in this country. And the big cities across the us and Around The World Tens Of Thousands of people at a time demanded an end to Police Violence against black people even in small towns where there really arent many black people, people marched with signs that a firm black lives matter before i go any further, this narrative th
Said heartbreaking loss of life as the conflict in israel and gaza continues. King charless comments on religious tolerance. Comments on religious tolerance. This came in a state of the nafion this came in a state of the nation address at mansion house. This evening. He highlighted the politeness and respect we should show to one another in the practise of different religions. Practise of different religions. Now consumer news and milk, cheese and egg prices fell last month , easing pressure at the month, easing pressure at the supermarket. Tills but fuel pnces supermarket. Tills but fuel prices rose sharply. That comes as the uks overall inflation remained at 6. 7, despite expected nations it might fall again, according to the office for National Statistics , oil for National Statistics, oil pnces for National Statistics, oil prices are higher because of the war in ukraine and now events in israel and palestine have sparked further increases as and theres a red weather warning in pla
Comments on religious tolerance. Comments on religious tolerance. This came in a state of the nafion this came in a state of the nation address at mansion house. This evening. He highlighted the politeness and respect we should show to one another in the practise of different religions. Practise of different religions. Now consumer news and milk, cheese and egg prices fell last month , easing pressure at the month, easing pressure at the supermarket. Tills but fuel pnces supermarket. Tills but fuel prices rose sharply. That comes as the uks overall inflation remained at 6. 7, despite expected nations it might fall again, according to the office for National Statistics , oil for National Statistics, oil pnces for National Statistics, oil prices are higher because of the war in ukraine and now events in israel and palestine have sparked further increases as and theres a red weather warning in place for rain and wind. Its been issued by the met office for parts of scotland. It means very
And theyre saying 500 people died. But the us president supports the Israeli Defence forces, claims it was caused by a failed rocket attack on israel by the Palestinian Islamic jihad group. Well President Biden also says egypt is going to reopen the rafah Border Crossing to allow around 20 trucks through carrying humanitarian aid into gaza. And earlier he announced 100 million of new us funding for humanitarian aid for gaza and the west bank. President bidens visit to israel was meant to prevent an escalation of the conflict. But after last nights bombing of a hospital in gaza, those planned meetings for regional leaders had to be cancelled. President biden has now begun his return to the United States , and this evening , United States, and this evening, his majesty the king called for Mutual Understanding among religious groups. In times of International Turmoil and he said heartbreaking loss of life as the conflict in israel and gaza continues. King charless comments on religious to