of the on my black man in place custody in minneapolis earlier this week has triggered a wave of national outrage and pain and very same sense tension mounts and. more interest since. she didn't beethoven's pastoral symphony is the foundation of an international art project. beethoven world. history project starts june 4th. in southern california the sun rises over san diego thing. next to a major road in this parking lot it's 54 year old maria begins her day. st louis went to bed and. this car is her husband.

this is every day. this routine about stretching my bed. ria no longer has a place to live she's been sleeping in have done for a year now. looks pretty nice you don't you don't feel it doesn't seem that you live here but you do i have seen people with their cars so messy and things all over the place how can i go to work for my life like that i mean has to have a little order you know because this is what we need to continue this is not that perfect but it's. that's the way i won and it makes me feel better.

just like maria around 30 other people sleep overnight in their cars in this free parking lot nevertheless most of them work they are security guards drivers secretaries or even computer technicians. maybe it is a cleaner and a camera exhausting work that she does 7 days a week. to provide some comfort for all these people an organization has supplied them with a water point political toilets and a small outdoor kitchen women rhea prepares him morning coffee before going to work . in this kind of wood while it perkoff in. the very famous in the united states. maria's full from grace is

a situation that affects thousands of other americans for a long time she had everything she always wanted. she was married and lived in this beautiful house. but after 5 years of living together blissful marriage suddenly fell upon us. he could adopt me dump me is ok it didn't work but by ok bye bye see ya later there were no i don't have. a moment. now bear no no furniture or no house. it's just my car i have a city here. and. yeah that's the way it is. maria preferred to leave everything to her ex-husband and turn over a new leaf. over the last several years in california the cost of rent has risen so

much that her salary the equivalent of $1500.00 euros was not enough for her to afford an apartment. maria's just one of many middle class americans who have in recent years fallen into poverty. efficiently america is brace again since the 2008 crisis the economy has never been stronger with record breaking growth and unemployment has dropped to a historical low less than 4 percent. an upturn for which donald trump has claimed all the credit. there has never been a better job just start living the american dream but despite what the president claims the famous american dream is far from being achieved 40000000 people are living below the poverty line and millions of workers will go to great lengths to stay about. him i know they would love if. i do that or she were

becoming homeless overnight is what these americans fear most because here the system is not very kind to those short of cash. or you're going to have a drug in the possession against you and get addicted in some states being laced on your rent is no laughing matter. one by one tenants are addicted at gunpoint. that if even the whole thing up. to these americans on the verge of ruin seeking medical treatment can cost a fortune. and take your medicine to it because you may not get. one of the other. so some people are standing up in solidarity making sure they're taking care of free of charge in field hospitals not unlike those found in a country of wall and insight into the lives of those who cannot scrape a living in the heart of america.

san diego in southern california $300.00 days of sunshine a year and beaches as far as the eye can see. this is picture postcard california san diego is also one of the most dynamic cities in the country here unemployment is practically nonexistent this dream lifestyle was once an everyday reality for eric he was a successful computer engineer earning 7000 euros a month today 53 years old this man lives alone in his car. and in order to eat for free he has made an arrangement with a staffer to put syria. hello. how are you today. yes. thank you. if you take you know that these are the slices that

have a nervous foyer that they're having for too long and they put them in the fridge for me so that they don't need the. box. every comes every evening to pick up some leftover pizza thank you very much very much. ok. he's going to share these unsold slices with other victims of poverty because for a year and a half eric has been sleeping in this parking lot the one women really are the cleaner also lives his pits the deliveries make his neighbor. very happy. likely rela a 55 year old driver. now we're hungry. to go no no no i had a prime wanted him. in his former life and rick also worked

a lot 50 hours a week. but 4 years ago he suffered a burnout and also problems with his heart he could not work and received unemployment benefits was 6 months and then nothing at all. if i could and i thought i would just. hold out for some layers of clothes just wasn't going furniture my savings. i ended up. basically burning through everything and was in a fortunate thing a farmer. eric is trying to pick himself up nowadays is doing temporary work and is saving up to be able to rent an apartment. after her long day at work maria's back. to her. yeah it's where i work it's a little hard because. i have to lift

a lady she's very had. back and forth back and. 9 hours it's not. it's a lot of hours but i'm ok the. first day my food my bed i'm ready to jump in my bed but. we're tied. at half past 9 at night the gates closed from this point onward no more cars can enter the parking lot at night there isn't a security guard they haven't been any attacks. to date but maria doesn't take any chances. i close the door put the windows down like this much and could be alarmed somebody is trying to break in i will know i come at the 1st break. and my head might cut or some

a trying to break in. spray. because. you never know. a few meters away eric is getting ready to spend another night in his car even though it's full to the brim the former computer engineer will sleep sitting behind the wheel it's a world away from the comforts of his old life. one thing that i've really found out about this is that you know the typical stereotype of. you know the homeless person being lazy and not wanting to work or being a drug addict. may be the case in some places and some and some but the people i've come to in this program most of my very hard working people that want to get ahead that have either have some some health issues or have some how to trick about luck or for whatever reason. they've you know come into this is this this situation some people are able to get out of it quickly some people take longer. california is

a state of stark contrasts despite being the 5th largest economy in the world a growing number of its workers can no longer afford a place to live. but there is another state where the system is even more unforgiving. that state is virginia right next to washington d.c. . its capital richmond is a fully industrial city here a quarter of the population live beneath the poverty threshold. the 10 major cities with the highest rates of eviction in the country how are located in virginia in richmond alone around $3000.00 tenants are forced out of their homes every year. the visions of a routine job for office a loyal from the sheriff's office several times

a week he distributes the dreaded yellow notices. in the state of virginia. the law is strict if the rent is late by 5 days the landlord has the right to begin the eviction process. to threaten tenants have one week to settle their debts otherwise they face eviction by force and officer loyal does not show much sympathy. this morning he and his colleagues have to evict the residents of this house. it. sheriff. and just like when arresting a dangerous criminal. they enter the home with their guns drawn. to. verify. the tenant is not currently at home and clearly they have not had

time to vacate the premises. this is no you're you're ok. as with the landlord he immediately reclaim his property she receives i'm checking the windows mail order. to make sure there is a secure. the tenant has a run and is in shock she had been renting the house was 7 he is a single mother to a grown up daughter she works but is frequently struggle to make ends meet she has to pick up her belongings the next day otherwise everything will go to the junk yard at her expense is just going to be easy on you like to be headquarters in a back yard or whatever if you have a removed because if he has a token we remove it that's an added expense that you'd be looking at yes i mean that's when i do think all this is. you act like it's hard not to do we gotta do

what i gotta do what i gotta do what are you going to speak where am i going to sleep we can all say that. yeah. yeah thank you have a good day she's immediately rendered homeless no room for negotiation she only witnesses. that's up to her if that's the only way she said she would move before this didn't move. maybe she had no where to go. you know she never did say that to me. there are rebound tenney vixens just like this one every day in richmond. as a consequence of this fast track justice budget hotels on the outskirts of the city have become a refuge for those who've been kicked out of their homes. some people stay there for a very long time among them is david

a 38 year old gardener. was going around. saying i'm also home on new day. david has lived in this motel since his eviction 2 years ago at the weekend the divorced fathers children come to stay over in his one room home which cost him $1300.00 euros a month. this is my own this is our bed bedroom living. family room everywhere and this is a little kitchen which i cooked or a glass and i made hamburgers and clean the dishes or you know we played video games and. you know got a shower but that's about all. during the week david shares the single room which has packed with household utensils and personal possessions with his new partner. is it more follow through

for 2 years here the more it cramps you know i like obviously if you put 2 people in the same room for a long enough time it's theirs you know bump heads and have arguments and stuff his girlfriend has a stable job in the insurance business they could buy a bigger and less expensive apartment yet they remain trapped in this tiny room because they post eviction continues to haunt them. but at the time she was she was trying to 1st and when you get so be down by going to places and stuff in them they're not giving you a place because they're like oh you know. it's you know shows that you didn't pay just like 2 months or something like that and it definitely was detrimental to you know there was no way of getting anywhere i mean. it's almost unthinkable in many parts of the world but here landlords are able to access the past of bad tenants

with a few simple clicks a systematic surveillance system that has been denounced by martin vic bright a lawyer and defense attorney for tenants. so. this database is a public database i mean anyone can go onto this database and look at it and you can search by name so try a common a common american name there we go america less speak ok. there we go and you can see 5 on lawful detainers let's see 10 years ago this tenant had a series of late payments despite being small amounts in this case under 300 done his they can have grave consequences. so if i'm alone i can look at that and say well that was 10 years ago but i think she's too much of a risk i don't want to rent to her if anything bad happens to you whether it's you

know you get your hours cut back at work whether you break an ankle when you're off work for a month whether you got that car repair bill or that hospital bill or any thing that just throws your budget off slightly. you better catch up real quick or you're going to have a judgment of possession against you and get addicted so the trend it really is living under the sword of damocles. david is far from an isolated case 6300 people are a victim across the us every day in the city finding accommodation is the chief source of anxiety but this is the region where for some the main worry is simply being able to put food on the table. welcome to rural america the appalachian mountains region that spans several states in the eastern part of the country. appalachian was once widely known for its coal production these days almost all of

the mines are. it's often said that the american dream got lost somewhere along the way. the appalachian region with a predominantly white population is home to some of the poorest counties in the entire country. during the summer at lunchtime this food truck travels up and down the disadvantaged areas of roanoke louise and stacey are 2 volunteers who give out free meals to children. they serve up to 200 meals a day and every time they arrive they eagerly awaited on today's menu a sandwich a carton of milk and a kiwi you are 3 you are

a spirit in this family both parents are unemployed they receive $1200.00 euros of welfare a month but as a family of 5 it's barely enough to live on well. try to get in that way street 3 but towards the end of the month one spring from ole to maybe 1. 1 of the cardinals will know the one of them are there that's not one of the morning when i usually skip work was to watch and. watch in the night and so on if you was. being caught to the point of starving you to morrow the remark that they. are this reality is nothing new in the appalachian region. during his $964.00 election campaign lyndon b. johnson visited appalachian and was horrified by the poverty he saw after his

reelection he launched the most a plan to put an end to poverty. here and now declared on them very no war on poverty in america i one of his ideas was to create food stamps coupons given free of charge to the poor and. to this day the government distributes these food stamps to 40000000 american people. in this mobile home park in the heart of appalachian the majority of families benefit from this food aid. with the american flag hanging from the front steps this is the mobile home of 58 year olds iranian collins a former marine so renia no longer works following a long term illness she receives a pension of 700 euros. she faces a daily struggle to get by and her financial difficulties have gotten worse since

she took in her niece jennifer's an unemployed single mother who has 3 children to take care of leah lindsey and jane. fortunately jennifer receives food stamps. there are a must on the forests they. are corn how many kids you have in your income they put in so much on there and i get. $646.00 in or $40.00 just basically just for food. $560.00 euros a month to feed 5 people a tight budget before going shopping the 2 women check the balance on their card. yeah. there. so really and jennifer can spend their food coupons in any supermarkets like this discount store where they regularly go shopping.

once at the checkout the food stamp card works just like any other credit card and in this store an appellation they are by no means the only ones who use one. of the people we have students here. and probably have a great home and it's a it's a it's a lot yeah yeah. thank you donald trump plans to cut down on the amount of food stamp recipients critics say that risks making an already vulnerable society even poorer. but ironically here they voted 80 percent in favor of trump and this support for him continues seemingly unabated to earn a little extra cash does household tools for him davis. for

a few dollars she also cuts james's head he works in a mine and is a loyal trump follower i am from france. what could he do anything. you know crawford willing to help other countries but he's got work. thus far have not. gone for up is a billionaire. his family ever worry go is children who work. let me tell you a lot about a person. that unwavering support can be difficult to understand for outsiders because since trumps election every day life for individuals in appalachian. has not improved poverty is pervasive here and has led to some strange developments. in the middle of the night in this small town dozens of cars into a show ground. the world on the fuel. so.

i'll suggest that you be back here about 3 or 4. well it kind of drip sharpness of mentions when you start it's them by far not looking for a concert to get there just to keep you keep your boat or something you get on. with these people are gathering full here on this is simply to see a doctor because every year here for a weekend all you're going to get in this line is medical on flight a nonprofit organization a range and free consultations out there is the huge need. a lot of their families in this area are. veterans of the working class families struggling to choose between paying for medicine that can save their life or you know groceries for the week so. it's a shame to have to do it this way but you've got to take care your people in these are our people in this is why we take care of our people. even though the health

care system improved under the previous president barack obama 28000000 americans remain without any insurance coverage. side any and has arrived with a family who needs jennifer and her 3 children they will need to see the dentist medical fees in the us all the most expensive in the world and an affordable for a large section of the population so staying up all night seems like a small price to pay in your struggle to of a medical assistant yeah it's not easy. but you have to do it absolutely the alternative is. not a bit. rough. after. the family arrive the night before because here the rule is 1st come 1st served at 6 o'clock in the morning the doors open the organizers call our patients by their number one

priority server. we're going to go or we'll try to your next door we'll call a group of 20 year career all right. once inside the patients find themselves in a full scale field hospital images reminiscent of a humanitarian disaster and yet this is modern day america. here people are treated in turn by a host of volunteers nurses family doctors but also specialists who are able to treat more complicated illnesses. the most remarkable part takes place in the sports hall transformed into a gigantic dental care facility. all day long 60 dentist scale drill filled and removed teeth.

as she surveys the scene so raynier is overcome with emotion. beautiful all the people volunteering. for my people getting help that need it. the former sister passed away. she had our teeth taken out and she didn't have 85 and she was younger than i am now and she was my older sister so. i think about what she went through with health issues because of her take. are important. oh my god she'll be seen to by a young student soon to complete his medical. degree because reaching so rania has had time to familiarize himself with the job or you know there are only 2 hours to extract the 1st part. i was right there 15 to you to go to keep us

up here so if you are. here you can yeah it's pretty good to hear. he will spend a quarter of an hour removing siring his tooth his 16th of the day. you feel. like i have a big mouth. but there's no time to take a breather here so rainy and now proceeds to the locker rooms i got was around back here because this is a bad day where i'm thankful for everything i had dental pers this is studio like the rest of the temporary facility it's run by volunteers and funded by donations will that help wait a bit more likely it's the last. thursday patients have dental impressions made in this room and next to a new set of teeth is created in less than 2 hours. so rainy i can look forward to

showing off a new smile. little girl does that feel. awkward ok yes. i. was my god what do you do your grades forward 2 you. your wall. now i have big smile and see the world of her girl i know what i'm. here thank you. you have known that i can. smile. you know that. one i want to remember. you know. if the family had paid for all this treatment it would have cost them over $3000.00. fortunately in the

united states people personally taking action to help those in need. on the other side of the country a man has embarked upon a mission to combat the poverty that has plagued the sidewalks of his city a place usually associated with the rich and famous rather than the down and out just this is los angeles or say to us in hollywood. 38 year old elvis is appalled at how conditions in l.a. have continued to deteriorate in recent years. it's not a 3rd world country one of the richest countries in the world it's almost like a movie prop it on it's hard to fathom that like every single day this is how people live. in. los angeles the sprawling city of angels and the

glamorous house of hollywood cinema. and yet today it is the homeless capital of america. here in the last few years the number of people without a home has increased from 33259000 in the shadows of the city's skyline is the dark side of the california dream. when i was a kid and lived here it was nothing like it is now i left for almost 2 decades and i came back a few years ago and it just it just blows my mind it's just going to increase because every month the cost of everything keeps going up there's no regulation so . apartment owners and landlords can raise the money you know the rare. whenever they like but nobody's paychecks are getting bigger. outraged by the growing destitution elvis gave up his job as

a sales assistant. he lives on the salary of his partner who works at a university in this way all of us can devote all his time to helping those less fortunate. a little further from downtown a woman has moved in beneath this bridge others and regularly pay her a visit. caney has been living here for 5 years in a small tent that she shares with another woman. they desperately vulnerable to the dangers of the street and have already been assaulted several times. but just look at everywhere they did they just tore right open and. now she doesn't even have a door and she sleeps out here at night there's also no light right up there so it's very dark and you know especially as a woman that's pretty scary even if the guy has been staring at the 3 boys walked

up the dark one right do whatever they want. to help these people elvis wants to do more than just bring them bottles of water. his main project is hidden away in the yard if this church. he came up with the idea to build small wooden houses for the homeless. a very small but inside office and leo had thought of every last thing to improve the daily lives of these people. into one yes so what does it mean so if someone tries to open a window if the alarm. this rate here allows people to sleep when people sleep they can think they can do better they feel better they want better the house is also equipped with a fire alarm a light and

a phone charger all of which are powered by solar panels each cabin costs the equivalent of a $1000.00 euros financed by donations collected on line but elvis is well meaning initiative is illegal the mayor of los angeles has banned him from installing his cabins on the sidewalks of the city elvis will carry on regardless. this morning he's delivering one of them to a homeless couple who very much need it. i am just nice to me bro me i'm brownie krista's the 32 year old and his 3 months pregnant she lives on the curb of the sidewalk with a partner entrée. i was i was hoping you were going to. be. full for years now the couple have been sleeping in this tiny cot that is

a health hazard on wheels. everything. will not be a good heartbeat. elvis can't hang around the trick is to get this. get this done and off before the cops show up. the tiny house weighs 400 kilograms . but his project does not make everyone happy once you go back in your house and enjoy the air conditioning a neighbor expresses her discontent that she's against this what she does she doesn't want in front of her house she is calling the police and so we need to hurry alarm and well pray that they're allowed to keep their house. this is how it goes. in los angeles. yeah.

but i think a lot of both of you congratulations. a few days after filming the police threaten to destroy the cabin unless elvis removed it. he and the couple managed to move it onto privately owned land in the end the disgruntled neighbor got her way. but we find people elsewhere trying to challenge the ostracization of homeless people in rather inventive ways. is texas and the conservative city of waco. it has around 50 churches its 120000 residents here once a month a religious community organizers a curious program. people come from all over the united states to take part.

you. google those robots are you not me i don't know if you know george you know a little but what do you know about what you thought were going to be home. for 24 hours these high school students are going to live eat and sleep in a role playing sanaa. much like 20 or so other participants all from middle class backgrounds each of them has paid 60 euros to participate. gemma darrelle came up with the idea 25 years ago with her husband a pastor the remarkable simulation project has so far had 30000 participants. but the goal is to create compassionate care for humanity and poverty everybody can get the american dream when you're trapped in poverty in the cycles of poverty if you like it to get paid. or if there's or genet

around says in order to truly experience the life of a homeless person you have to start by looking like them in this secondhand store participants are encouraged to dress in appropriate clothes jeans and be a little bit. but i think that doubt that it is needed is often i found. out about 10 i'm happy about that right now it doesn't seem like too much of a challenge but things are going to get more complicated with the 2nd stage sleeping out in the open not in the streets but in a secured fenced off yont 53 year old martha however is slightly concerned like you i'm scared of bugs. i'm scared of bugs she thought long and hard before signing up it was a husband who convinced her to take part so it doesn't look like real list situation right right yes yes he does this now like do it doesn't smell like beer

and yet the cat rats running everywhere yeah i know this is definitely a luxury of my friends yeah yeah. the fact that is a comfort nonetheless although it won't be a very long night. 'd ever. everyone at 6 o'clock the next day janitor role gives everyone a wake up call they don't have particularly well rested i mark that. it's not real on the situation there so they're saving them being on the street but this is not as safe as being in their home with their family so it just gives them a little bit more reality of what living in the environment does on your body so by tonight takes about 24 hours to really start getting the idea that. this is this could be really up. for the next stage of the program the participants are sent to

downtown waco. today is to find something to eat on their own and without any money. you smell the food. so. should i ask this guy who. cannot be reduced to one of restaurant. like in many other cities in the u.s. baking as a punishable offense it's also forbidden to rummage through garbage bins there's no food in there. this city property and reclaiming anything at all from them is considered stealing in order to survive the homeless and way they feel forced to break the law. our 2 thoughts disciplines are not going to find anything to eat and after 2 hours of walking the streets in 40 degrees heat most of feels faint.

she calls her husband to pick her up. left feel like i feel like i'm too weak like i don't see here i don't know why i'm too old and fat i can't do it you learn something about. what i would like would be like to be home. once. a year a job every heart. is the us truly ready to face up to poverty well the president claims america has never been so great 40000000 of trump's fellow citizens are still course in the clutches of poverty. i've.

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