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and it was $1300.00 on my payments on the only thing in the house it's really expensive for me. so this is my daughter and her financial difficulties have gotten worse since she started to accommodate her niece jennifer an unemployed single mother who has 3 children to take care of. lindsey and jayden fortunately jennifer receives food stamps. every months the forests they. accordingly how many kids and year. they put in so much online and i get every month on the far south $646.00 just basically this for. $560.00 euros a month to feed 5 people a tight budget before going shopping but 2 women check the balance on their card.
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and. surrender and jennifer can spend their food coupons in any supermarkets like this discount store where they regularly go. once at the checkout the food stamp card works just like any other credit card. and in this shop in the appalachian they are by no means the only ones who use it how many people pay for instance here. and probably have the right honey can it's a it's a it's a lot yeah yeah. thank you. donald trump is planning to cut down on the amount of people who receive food stamps he risks making an already vulnerable society even poorer. but ironically here they voted 80 percent in favor of him and their support for him
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continues to earn a little extra money serenity had done some household tasks for her neighbors for a few dollars she also cuts james's hair who works in the mine he is a loyal follower of donald trump. i am from fan of his for a wife because he's done everything stated that. you know trump is willing to help other countries but his country comes 1st. yes i have been long gone probe is a billionaire donald trump thinks his family everywhere he go is children who would walk for everywhere with you but you a lot about a person. family friendly. that's why i work with my friends it's been life's so many years maybe 30 years that there's not been jobs now there
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is our unemployment rate is way down. really run now is yeah. syria is there a place. every person usa can have a job and that what they told us there is a job for every person with the numbers so if people want to work they can find a job. there unwavering support is somewhat difficult to understand because since his election the daily life of individuals in the appalachian has not improved poverty is ever present and has led to some strange occurrences in this small town in the middle of the night dozens of cars enter a show ground. paul wrote on good running fuel. so. i suggest that you be back here about 3 or 4. well it kind of gypsy out because it makes you thank you so it's
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not like you go to a concert and get there just to keep you keep your daughter stuff if you don't. actually these people are arriving by the hundreds quite simply to see a doctor because every year here for a weekend all you're going to get in this line is medical on a nonprofit organization arranges free consultations now there is the future name. a lot of their families in this area are. the working class families they're struggling to choose between paying for medicine that can save their life or groceries for the week so. it's a shame to have to do it this way but you've got to take care you people in these are are people in this is the way we take care of our people through it. even though the health care system improved with barack obama 28000000 americans still do not have any health insurance services or. surrender
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also does not want to miss the event she spent 2 hours on the bus to come and camp here but during the night a heavy thunder. storm broke out. good morning. we've had an adventure we had a flood literally a flood it came really dark over and next thing you know we've got a gully washer down to hear it nothing everything in there is so blankets everything. and. no sleep last night sereny has arrived with all her family her niece jennifer and her 3 children they all need to see the dentist. but medical fees in the united states are the most expensive in the world beyond the budget for a large section of the population so staying up all night does not bother them. in your struggle to love medical assistance yeah it's not as. if. they
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just do it and slid the alternatives to. 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 they announce the running order. up 127 myself leaving the core of what you already are the next hour we'll call it groups of 20 again all right. once inside these patients discover a full scale field hospital. scene that resembles more that of a humanitarian disaster and yet it's really just modern day america here people are treated in turn by a horde of volunteers nurses family doctors but also specialists who are able to care for more complicated illnesses. for. the most remarkable part takes place in the sports hall transformed into a gigantic dentist office all day long 60 dentists descale drill fill and remove
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teeth by the dozen a daunting sight for some. of the rising upon the scene is overcome with emotion. beautiful all the people volunteering and. so many people getting help that needed . before my sister passed away. she had our teeth taken out and she didn't have any teeth or fuss and she was younger than i am now and she was my older sister so. i think about why she went through health issues because of her take. their importance. in turns the family are going to be examined jaden the youngest feels
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a little uneasy. but. i want you to break even if it's when you come home from school got a good few times to get through this really good ok. all right. in a situation like this prevention is the main goal of these dentists all has gone well for jade he's eligible for a simple routine checkup but 1st the medical care that lies ahead is trickier she's already missing 5 more hours and is worried that they'll remove the $61.00 that is extremely damaged after 3 hours of waiting it's her turn to go up that hill right now ma'am are you ready i think ready or not start all right i think it is. our mark out and that a young student about to complete his university degree is going to take care of her before treating surendra he's already had time to familiarize himself with the
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job he spent his morning extracting teeth to extract today i've missed like. i was right about 15 to you to keep me at a selfie after so it's a lot. yeah yeah it's pretty good day yeah. he will spend 15 minutes removing saran his tooth his 16th of the day. but you'd still. like to have a big mom. but here there's no time to take a breather surrender is a score to the gym locker rooms for the next stage. rounds and i'm back here because i think that they where i'm thankful for everything by a dental prosthesis studio which like the rest is led by volunteers and funded by donations and drives that really that help relax lives relax. in this room they take the dental impressions and in the room next door
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a new set of teeth is created in less than 2 hours surrounding his new smile is ready. here. we go does it feel. awkward ok yes. my god i had seen the world. roll over. your. old. how many banks now. for. your sake you. can now and then i can. smile now and feel that. i want to
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remember you. yet still. think. it to you. it. wouldn't make nice to think. that. if the family had paid for all this treatment they would have had to spend over $3000.00 in the united states there are still some american citizens that are personally taking action to give aid to the poor. at the other end of the country a man has embarked upon a mission against poverty which has plagued the sidewalks of his city a legendary city that is seldom associated with poverty. just this is los angeles i say listen hollywood. 38 year old punk elvis is furious with what los angeles has become in recent years. it's not
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a 3rd world country so are the richest countries in the world it's almost like a movie prop they don't it's hard to fathom that like every single day this is how people live. you cannot be vulgar with yet you will.
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expound. and soul you can't get away from advertisement of genius to change your appearance and. many local people see plastic surgery as a prerequisite for a successful career employers are often most interested in a job seeker's appearance as a graduation present parents often give voters plastic surgery for an extra fold in the eyelids to make their eyes look figure out. almost every command teenager dreams of a. just a little. so what we've got to do is identify the threats that we have it's crazy foundation let it be an arms race. and spearing dramatic to follow only i'm going to exist i don't see how that strategy will be successful very critical. to sit down in.
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los angeles is the symbol of the california dream the heart of hollywood cinema and the temple of luxury and yet today los angeles is the homeless capital of america in the last few years the number of homeless people has increased from 33255000 beneath the business towers the situation has become tragic. 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
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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 rent. whenever they like but nobody's paychecks are getting bigger. outraged by the situation of these homeless people opus gave up his job as a sales assistant he lives on the salary of his partner layout who works at the university in this way ellis can devote all his time to helping the homeless. a little further from downtown the woman has moved in beneath this bridge elvis and regularly pay her a visit. to 5. tami has been living here for 5 years in a small tent that she shares with another woman inside they are at the mercy of the dangers of the street they've already been assaulted several times but just look at
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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 lights right over here so it's very dark and you know especially as a woman that's pretty damn scary even if a guy is it's scary thought he might walk up in the dark walk right and do whatever they want. to help these people elvis wants to do more than just bring them bottles of water his major project is hiding in the courtyard of his church he came up with the idea to build small wooden houses for them they're not big barely 4 square meters but inside elvis in libya have thought of every last thing to improve the daily lives of these homeless people.
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we do on and yes so what does it mean so if someone tries to help in that way no they'll article. 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 is powered by a solar panel. like elvis thinks of everything to the last detail in order to give some dignity back to the homeless he even assigns them an address they're obviously not going to be ready you know recognized by the post office are you know or some like that but. it's it's really just psychological you know my my apartment has an address i'm sure your place has an address that that's the ultimate goal most of the people i anyone that's homeless is treated like garbage you know once once you have that title you're you're screwed because people look at you like
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a monster or you know like someone bad or you chose to be there or you're crazy or you know and it's most of the time it's not the case and so the. the little i mean it's so easy to dehumanize people but the little tiny things it's so easy to bring that back to a person. each cabin costs 1000 euros financed entirely by donations collected on the internet but his generous initiative is illegal the mayor of los angeles has banned him from installing his cabins on the sidewalks of the city elvis doesn't care. and this morning he's going to deliver one of them to a homeless couple who very much needed them. hey. i'm out of us i am to stay nice to me cheers there are brownie brownie crystal is
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32 years old and his 3 months pregnant she lives on the curb of the sidewalk with her partner andrea oh you would be the love of oh my god oh my god made us i was hoping you were going to be gone that's the month. for 4 years now the couple have been sleeping in this tiny wheeled cart that is swarming with bugs yeah mammals like big bugs in the me do you eat me you eat me alive man i could feed you can everything well you've lived in the morning mostly not being able to have good hygiene. elvis does not feel like hanging around the trick is to get this. get this done and off before the cops show up. but all the same the small house weighs 400 kilograms and the wheels remain stuck on the street. and. they're going to use a neighbor and another homeless person from the neighborhood come to lend him a helping hand.
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the be through with the home. start to bring him back out. and as soon as the home is set up other homeless people are begging him for a small house back i have i have a couple more almost ready to go so. thank you thank you it's much appreciated i know and that it was. no evidence. but his project does not quite make everyone happy once you go back in your house and enjoy their condition. a neighbor has come to express her discontent she's against this but she says she doesn't want in front of her house she's kind of pleased and so we need to free alarm and well pray that they're allowed to keep their house. this is how it goes. and los angeles. can. thank your luck to both of you
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congratulations. a few days after filming the police threatened elvis that they would destroy his cabin if he didn't remove it he decided to move it with the couple on to privately owned land. in the end the disgruntled neighbor won her case . but some people are trying to fight the snubbing of the homeless people in fascinating ways. we are heading to texas. to puritan waco. this city has around 50 churches for its 120000 residents here once a month a religious community organizes a strange program people come from all over the united states to take part in it.
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but you never married you know the idea of little but what do you know if you don't have we're going to be home. for 24 hours these high school students are going to live eat and sleep like the homeless. much like 20 or so other participants all from middle class backgrounds each person has paid 60 euros to take part in this project janet darrelle came up with the idea 25 years ago the wife of a minister she's already accepted 30000 people to take part in this astonishing role play challenge the goal is to create compassionate care for humanity and comedy everybody can if they're saying that one year track and poverty cycles of poverty and i. think it is that. there are on
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the cording to janet in order to truly experience the life of a homeless person you have to start by looking like them in this secondhand clothes store the participants are encouraged to dress like them because. i don't know i don't know homeless people. where these. get kind of different but that if. you can kind of fashion. chains and be a little bit. but i think that. it is not theirs. i. know that i'm happy about that for the moment it's not too demanding but it is going to get more complicated with the 2nd stage sleeping out in the open not in the streets but safely in this fenced yard. however 53 year old mother marta is slightly concerned. and scared of. heights i'm scared of bugs.
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she thought long and hard before signing up to the programme it was her husband who convinced her to take the plunge it doesn't look like a real illness situation right right yes yes just like it does now i guarantee it that rats running everywhere yeah i know this is definitely a luxury. yeah yeah. that is a comfort nevertheless and it won't be a very long night. 'd everyone at 6 o'clock in the morning janet darrelle gives everyone a wake up call and they don't look particularly well rested my mind martha. it's not real on this situation to say 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
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a little bit more reality of 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. for the next stage of the program the participants are let loose in the city center their task is to find something to eat on their own and without any money. you can smell the food. so. to make sure. i asked the sky. to take the since a lot of restaurants. in waco like in many other cities in the united states begging is a punishable offense it's also forbidden to rummage through the garbage cans so there's no food in there. they are owned by the city and reclaiming anything at all is
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considered stealing in order to survive the homeless in waco are there for forced to break the law or 2 participants are not going to find anything to eat and after 2 hours of walking through the streets in 40 degree heat martha feels faint. she must resort to calling her husband to the rescue. and i feel like i feel like i'm too weak well like i think you know like i'm too old and fat i can't do it you learn something about. what i would like what would be like to be homeless. at your age and be hard are americans truly ready to face up to poverty perhaps not their leader donald trump has recently announced that the rate of poverty is falling dramatically despite this 40000000 of the spello citizens are still suffering in its clutches.
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in the troubled 19 seventies a group of killers rampage through parts of northern ireland that was coordinated loyalist attacks to take the only catholic population in belfast tens of thousands were forced to flee their homes and what was striking to put these attacks was that the r.u.c. the police actually took part in the attacks so instead of preventing it they were active participants in the burning of coal streets in belfast at the time more than a 100 innocent civilians will die. can seniors we found out more i was surprised about the extent. to which the collusion was involved in some of those cases the killers would later be named. and i think it went to the very very top i think it is. the water
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where politicians knew. and give the go ahead. 6 tries are financial survival. when customers go by to reduce the price. now well reduce and lower. that's undercutting but what's good for market is not good for the global economy. seemed wrong. but. just don't. get to shape out this day to come to educate and engage because the trail. when so many find themselves worlds apart. choose to look for common ground.
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the simple things workshops and petersburg public spaces where adults with learning disabilities can engage on equal terms with creative activities like graphics sewing ceramics. cookery and joinery. just. do shit what's in your words. you know what just what did you give one case you come up with. the underlying idea of the workshop is a calendar of which they feel thrilled to find joy in little things and.
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stocking up in seattle self declared autonomous old george floyd protesters dig in to pressure the police we go walk through to see what the ultimately hope to achieve. currently standing outside of the seattle police department's he's precinct which has been abandoned now. also ahead on the program this hour president bush follows sins of troops out of germany accusing the country of not paying its way in nato. is germany paying russia billions of dollars for energy and then we're supposed to protect germany from russia how does that work it doesn't work. north korea blows up the main.

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