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tv   Myrie in America  BBC News  November 1, 2020 3:30pm-4:01pm GMT

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howard johnson, bbc news, manila. 32 people have been arrested by spanish police following anti—lockdown protests demonstrations against strict new social distancing measures took place for the second consecutive night in cities across the country, with looting and vandalism breaking out on the fringes of some of the protests. 12 people were injured following the clashes with police last night, including three officers. prime minister pedro sanchez condemned the unrest which he descirbed as "violent and irrational behaviour by minority groups." portugal has announced a new partial lockdown from wednesday. people will be required to stay at home, except for work, school, or essential errands. the restrictions will affect about 70% of portugal's population. these measures, announced by prime minister antonio costa, will be reviewed in two weeks.
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hello. some pretty rough conditions around western areas once again later. the winds will be picking up across the country. this morning's rain, though, out of the way, a little bit of sunshine to start the afternoon throughout eastern areas, but more cloud, more rain spirals its way in, northern ireland, southern scotland, northern england, north and west wales, some of the heaviest of the rain through the afternoon. the strongest of the winds, though, through the western isles, touching 80 mph later. 60—65 mph in the north and west of wales to finish the day, which will transfer into northern england for a time through tonight. it stays breezy through the southern half of the country tonight, there is a breeze coming in from the south—west with cloud and outbreaks of rain, an incredibly mild night here, 17 or 18 degrees, could be one of the warmer nights on record. a much chillier start tomorrow for scotland and northern ireland, and that chilly air will work through all of us through the day. the morning cloud and rain in east anglia and the south clears through to sunshine. the rest of the country sunshine and showers,
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showers most frequent across parts of southern scotland, northern england, north and west wales, as well as northern ireland, some of those heavy with rain and thunder, and a chilly day across the north as well. i will have the full forecast for you later. hello this is bbc news. the headlines... a senior government minister warns the second national lockdown in england could last more than a month , amid fears that the rise in coronavirus cases could overwhelm hospitals. from thursday nonessential shops, restaurants, pubs, gyms and hair and beauty salons will be forced to close. the uk opposition leader has welcomed the new measures, but is calling on the government to use the time to ramp up test and trace. typhoon goni, has made landfall in the philippines — with sustained winds of 225 kilometres an hour. the most powerful storm this year has caused the evacuation of over 200,000 people. rescued after 33 hours, search teams in the turkish city
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of izmir pull a man from under the rubble of a building that collapsed in friday's earthquake. at least 50 people have died. the us presidential candidates are making a "final weekend" dash around swing states. donald trump has been in pennsylvania — and joe biden in michigan — both states that could be key to winning the white house. now on bbc news... as america votes for its next president, clive myrie visits the crucial state of arizona, revealing a nation unable to agree on fundamental issues like race, immigration and how best to tackle covid—i9. from cowboys to covid, clive crosses a vast state getting under the skin of the things that divide and unite americans. a waning — this programme contains some distressing images. music: this is america by childish gambino. america isn'tjust a place. it's an idea. and the enduring power of the american dream is that it's universal.
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the craving for a better life. i'm the last mohican. donald trump said the dream was dying and he'd make america great again. i know that we will win! they want to rob you of your hope. but how great is america now as trump seeks re—election? the guy in the white house right now is crazier than a loon. welcome to arizona, america's backyard with mexico and a state threatening to swing to the democrats in the presidential election after backing donald trump in 2016. here, the issues of immigration... the worst of the worst is coming to this area... 0n race... the heart of people have held on to relics of the past. and covid—19. people dying here in the camp? yeah. yeah, every day.
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gunshot. # this is america #. they all highlight america's deep divide as voters choose between two very different visions for the country's future. i've been reporting from america for almost a quarter of a century. and i've never known it so divided. left and right, republican and democrat, consensus is fleeting. and when it comes to the fiery issue of illegal immigration and what to do about it, the gap between liberals and conservatives is as wide as the rio grande. but how best to protect what it means to be american? is an impregnable barrier a good option? build the wall! the biggest beneficiary maybe happens to be arizona. that wall, how good is the wall?
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it is the iconic idea of trump's america. and this... cowboys and big skies, part of the iconography of america. all right, all right, guys, 0k. bill mcdonald's ranch in arizona is just a few miles from the border with mexico. illegal immigration and drug trafficking are live issues here, yet for him, a republican, billions spent on a border wall is a waste of money. people think, well, you build a wall, you've solved a problem. they've already got saws that cut through that wall. you can do it with technology and do it just as well. it's political, he made a promise, he was determined to keep it. he thought, if he kept it, he'd get re—elected. it's the only reason he does anything. i'm not crazy about everybody that crosses the border, but i'm not crazy about everybody that already lives here either. i mean, there are good people and bad people in all stripes. you can't characterise people by where they come from. it takes a few hours to sort the calves for sale,
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headed for oklahoma. they'll never see their mothers again, but that's business. activists say over 500 children remain separated from theirfamilies... building a big wall was only part of the plan. critics in congress and human rights groups claimed migrants were being treated like cattle under donald trump's zero—tolerance child separation policy to deter illegal migration. eventually, his administration was forced to change course. but secure borders are a necessity. we saw drug cartel spotters across the wall in mexico, checking if the coast is clear to send over human mules. these ones went that way, so yesterday i followed these guys... tim foley often spots them too, videoing the mules camouflaged with their backpacks of drugs.
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from his remote base in southern arizona, he leads a group of armed volunteers that patrols the border. is the wall making america great again? it's making it safer. tim represents a strain of american patriotism donald trump tapped into, giving up everything he knew in san francisco to come to arizona. why are you involved? what is it about this situation that gets you angry? i didn't trust the government or the media to tell the actual truth of what was going on. some apple sauce... but what is the truth? there's another group of volunteers on the border. they're from a charity that leaves water and food supplies for people crossing overfrom mexico, asylum seekers fleeing persecution and migrant families with children reaching for a better life. they also help families find relatives who've gone missing crossing the border.
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so, what are the kinds of things that you come across on the trails? many times, we find remains, skeletal remains of border crossers. you also see clothes and abandoned shoes. you know, evidence of a person's life. so, you see wedding rings... you see love letters, a lot of rosaries, a lot of bibles. we also see cosmetic products thrown in the desert, deodorant, lipsticks, and you wonder why bring those artefacts along? and it's... many times, migrants want tomeet their loved ones with, you know, smelling good and looking presentable after a long journey. in this one area, the remains of 181 people have been found this year. you see young... young people, old people, you see everybody. and you see the families.
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the families just reach out to us, desperately looking for their loved one. it's an unimaginable pain and anguish. you have the waterjugs sitting over here... 0ften, gia and tim's worlds collide. and there's one thing they both agree on. what's the tattoo? one of the horsemen of the apocalypse. it's what i see is coming, it's... it's my view of the border. there is death all around. donald trump's wall speaks to us all. like a mirror, it reflects back to us oui’ own values. but when it comes to race, america has always failed to really look itself in the eye, to understand its shortcomings. and after november 3rd,
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we're not going to rest. because no matter who wins over there or out here, we have a lot of work to do... it's hard to steer a middle course in modern america. the loudest voices... the united states will never be a socialist nation. ..force the taking of sides. black lives matter! i cannot breathe! 0n race and discrimination, the conversation is insanely partisan and painfully deep. the unfortunate roots, the dark roots of our country, the dark side of our country is really starting to show itself. and that's because of this election because there's just so much divide right now, so much divisiveness, there's a lot of tension. i believe...
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the election comes amid a reawakening of black activism not seen since the 1960s. i know that we will win! you know, we the people... and with a third of all american voters being non—white, how will these new civil rights foot soldiers cast potentially decisive ballots as they fight for a more equal and just america? and it hurt... we tried to reform the police after rodney king... bruce franks cuts the stillness of the evening in phoenix, arizona. the light is dimming but not the memory of those beaten or killed at the hands of police officers. his words are powerful poetic rage. ..those demands today because we are not going nowhere... he was arrested in august for taking part in a peaceful civil rights march. because he's innocent... and now he needs a protest outside the courthouse after the jailing of another protester. when we fight, we're building our legacy. fighting a battle in a war where you'll never get to see the outcome but if i continue
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to fight, hopefully that passes along to my five kids. and if they continue to fight, it passes along to their kids. and it get to a point where maybe we can. do you think the election will change anything? i think the election has the power to change a lot of things. i'm not doing cartwheels for either candidate. but i understand that it'sjust not about the candidates. we are voting on entire administrations. so, when we talk about change, we have the chance to change what our affordable housing looks like around the united states if we get somebody like cory booker as the hud secretary rather than ben carson. we have the idea of changing what education looks like if we get somebody like elizabeth warren
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in there instead of betsy devos, right? we got the chance to change what criminaljustice looks like if we put mickey mouse in there rather than barr orjeff sessions. you know, we got the ability to change a lot of these judges who are appointed federally by the president throughout the united states who perpetuate mass incarceration, who perpetuate all the problems with the systems where we know that disparity there, we know what the folks injail look like. we know where they come from. so, those are my hopes for the election. why are you doing this?! until then, this is what must be overcome. before george floyd in 2017, there was muhammad muhaymin here in arizona. the unarmed black man died
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after being held down by four police officers, one of whom put his knee on his neck, for close to eight minutes. i cannot breathe! no one was disciplined. and you're only hearing about this case now because of the controversy over george floyd. and it was in this area where he was pinned down and was clearly heard to say, "i can't breathe. " he knows that his life is about to be taken from him and he knows... jazlyn is 21 and part of a new younger breed of civil rights activist spurred by the urgency of the moment. it makes me feel like my life can be taken at any given time just because i have brown skin because i'm black. because since i was a little girl, i've seen the way black people in america and just all over the world are treated, it's a really unsettling state of mind to live in. please do your research, please don't be discouraged... and that psychological distress,
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central to the black american experience will tolerated a written no more. use your voice or your fingers for your typing to create change. that's important. not far away, a reunion. a proud father embraces a relieved son who is fresh out ofjail. his name is percy christian, he is 27. jail is a place where they want to rob you of your hope... the subject of the courthouse protest to get him freed. he served seven days arrested during a demonstration against police violence. i'm willing to do whatever it takes. i'm willing to put my life on the line to bring awareness to the issue. and that's that police brutality is real. that's that our police system is up and designed to hold a certain group of individuals back.
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and that is my people. and what are the dreams of the father, a pastor having seen his son fight the same battles he fought years ago? why has it taken so long? because the hearts of people have held on to relics of the past that remind them of the system that they want it to hold onto. recently in our nation the confederate flag became a issue again. and you ask yourself the question and this is another thing. why are there people in this nation determined to hold on to an emblem of something that represents hatred and slavery? the battle hasn't changed. but the playing field has changed, the platform has changed,
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the process has changed. what has happened is that there is a denial of the reality that people of colour experience in this nation. and so, we are proud of our son. i would not be ok if he decided to shrink back. he can't shrink back now. gentle tales of african—american manhood rarely reported but they are the norm. and while both the candidates for president say they want to banish racial injustice, bruce franks says he will not wait for others to act. his own son's future is on the line. i want a lot of the things that's happened with police when you talk about police and black men, black women, i don't want that affecting him although we know
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it is inevitable, right? ijust got to make sure he's equipped for it and he ready for it. i'm not fearful because i teach him how to love and what love is and how to have love for his people. while many african—americans feel marginalised, perhaps no community is more on the fringes of society than the native americans. and their battle, their trials with covid—19, the pre—eminent election issue is revealing of an america that many believe has lost its way. in our culture, as a navajo, as a native american,
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it's something we're not supposed to even do to deal with death. but dealing with death is michael begay‘s calling in the worst corner of the worst country for covid—19. with covid patients we normally don't embalm, we usuallyjust keep them in the body bag. an undertaker, he prepares bodies for burial on the navajo lands of northern arizona. numbers are going up again so we are preparing for another influx of bodies. living in the largest of the native american territories, the navajo have suffered more coronavirus deaths per head of population than any of the 50 states of the union, many hundreds of people. there was that point when i went into our storage unit and ijust saw
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all those bodies laying there and i knew two of them. it was a hard time for me. knowing that those people are laying there, people that i know and are here because of covid, it was heartbreaking. and a good friend of mine, his son died of covid. and i have known him since he was a little boy. and i got the phone call, i was talking to him on the phone and ijust told him, "i can't imagine what "you're going through." i have known him since he was a child. and we both cried on the phone together. americans say their land
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is blessed by god. now, it's cursed by covid—19. and there is seemingly no clear strategy to end its hold on the land. navajo nation is one of the poorest parts of america and mask mandates and curfews were introduced early in the pandemic. but the virus had already taken hold and with few health care facilities, many were left at covid's mercy. but that's the american story. despite its untold riches, millions always a struggle. this is tent city in phoenix. thousands homeless, someone losing theirjobs due to the pandemic are now losing their lives. meet james wright. he is 62.
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pity would be no more if we didn't make someone poor. social distancing is tough in tent city. # macho, macho man...#. it's tough here, too, at this trump rally. but why? thank you, thank you, what a crowd! we scrupulously kept our distance and wore masks at this gathering in tucson. but in this deeply polarised country, wearing or not wearing a face covering has become a political statement. this is chris and his family. so, do you enjoy the atmosphere at the rally yesterday? we did. but the pandemic is still out there. that didn't worry you, being
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with all those people yesterday? no. it didn't bother me one bit. if donald trump said everyone should wear a mask, he is following the science, you would do it? reluctantly i would, probably. do you think it is un—american to be forced to wear a mask? i do. i think it's un—american to force anybody to do something that — there is no medical reason if you are not sick. there has been a conflict in all of us during this time and perhaps more so here in the land of the free. individualism versus collective responsibility. it is part of our culture, to take care of each other. it is always the natives that are wearing masks and you see that and a lot of non—natives are not that diligent but we as a people are. so, this is really at the start
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of covid, we opened this area here. in navajo nation, they had to build a new cemetery to take all the dead. and this is one of your close friends? covid is why he is laying here. i always think it shouldn't have happened. the presidential election is above all a referendum on donald trump's handling of the coronavirus pandemic... and the whose votes can swing the result was that it is america in miniature with extremes of landscape and temperature, poverty and wealth. and the people we encountered on ourjourney across the state represent all that is american. kindness, generosity, determination, and grit. this country's leader has a duty to represent everyone, not cherry pick and that means understanding the patchwork of cultures and ideas
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and ethnicities that make up this great nation. and the sensibilities of those on the right and the left. the winner of the presidential election will be the candidate who understands that focusing on what unites rather than divides is all that really matters. guiding this country to a better shore reachable from here. music: this is america by childish gambino hello, there. part two of the weekend also looking pretty and settled. we didn't do too badly this afternoon with some sunshine than today. today we will see less sunshine, more than the wave cloud and rain, some of that may or rain
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will be heavy on hills with the risk of flooding and localised basis. this rain contains the remnants of what was of zita but it is going to bring quite a punch to the north west of scotland is very strong winds. central scotland, north—west of england and wales, some of that main getting into the midlands and the eastern side of england at times. another very windy afternoon, even into this evening, coasts 40, 50 mph,. severe gale likely here. temperature wires it is going to room miles in england and wales, 15 to 17 degrees there. some heavy bursts of rain again trailing into the western hills. very mild indeed. as we head into
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monday with staff of wendy with further rain for england and wales ina further rain for england and wales in a cold front. is that full swing to reduce cooler air it is next by the full meeting of the west now is next by the front moving to western navies will just next by the front moving to western navies willjust enhance the shower activity. we'll start of the gales of england and wales, through, special by stopping to the afternoon but we will see lots of showers across northern and western areas, battling through that, fairly strong whistling winds, together to produce oui’ whistling winds, together to produce our mix of rain. will be a fairly windy day, not as windy as it has been over the weekend, winds starting to tinley till bit lighter for scotland and northern ireland, ten werejust coming for scotland and northern ireland, ten were just coming down to, single figures in the north, after a mild start in the south and east, ten to 13 degrees and that will be noticeable. then we are into the much cooler air as we move monday for all areas. that cool air coming down from the north—west amount in area of high pressure so you will see these values as we move through the week for many not getting much above 11 or 12 degrees. the wins will be lighter and there will be a fairamount of will be lighter and there will be a fair amount of sunshine too. so, you's settling down for the rest of
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the week thanks to high pressure. it will be less windy, we will see some such an event, but it will be cold both by day and by night.
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this is bbc news. the headlines at 4pm. a senior government minister warns the second coronavirus lockdown in england could last more than a month and says any decision would depend on how much the restrictions brought down levels of infection. we need to recognise that we do need to get the infection rate, the r rate below one. we believe on the basis of the evidence that we have that we will be able to do so. (sot) the labour leader welcomes the new measures but calls on the government to use the time to ramp up test and trace. the government has to keep its side of the bargain here. if they don't use the time to fix test, trace and isolate then i think the 2nd of december will be a review date, not an end date. the most powerful storm of the year, typhoon goni, strikes the philippines, bringing wind speeds of up to two hundred and twenty five kilometres an hour.

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