tv Documentary RT March 14, 2021 4:30pm-5:01pm EDT
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everything in here is given to me basically these 4 tables that were given to me really ugly so i'm in the process of pipes and they only make in a little personal so that's another way of cutting costs this is the corning share . this is my chair. comfort i love it so it's just something that actually when i bought it it was a big. and it was $1300.00 so i made 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.
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the 1st day. accordingly how many kids you have and your income they put in so much only when i get every month on the far south $646.00 just by fluke this for. $560.00 euros a month to feed 5 people a tight budget before going shopping the 2 women check the balance on their card. 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
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in this shop in the appalachian they are by no means the only ones who use it how many people 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 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 done everything i say he did. you know trump is willing to
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help other countries but his country comes 1st. yes i have no i don't trump is a billionaire donald trump can shift family everywhere he go is children whose walk for a while where we see let me tell you a lot about a person. family is rarely. that's why we're frail it's been life's so many years maybe started years that there's not been jobs now there is our unemployment rate is way down. really running now is yeah. period there are a plea. 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. their unwavering support is somewhat difficult to understand because since
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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 showground. full grown older running fuel. so. i suggest that you be back here about 3 or 4. well it kind of cheap shot because it makes you thank you so it's not like you go to a concert and get there just to keep you keep your daughter stuff that 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.
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a lot of their families in this area are. the working class families there's 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 why we take care of our people. even though the health care system improved with barack obama 28000000 americans still do not have any health insurance services or. surrender 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
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everything. 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 but in your struggle to love medical assistance yeah it's not easy. we just do it and slid the alternatives. not that i. have to. the family arrived 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 want to
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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. 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 teeth by the dozen a daunting sight for some. arriving upon the scene is overcome with emotion.
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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 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.
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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 thought it was. 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 job he spent his morning extracting teeth to extract today i've missed like. i was right about 15 to you to give you a selfie after so it's a lot. yeah because yeah it's pretty good day yeah. he will spend 15 minutes removing saran his tooth his 16th of the day.
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so you feel. like i have a big mouth. but here there is no time to take a breather surrender is this chorded to the gym locker rooms for the next stage i have a house and i'm back here because i'm taking it out there 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 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.
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my god it had been the world. over 2 yeah. you're. all right. now i have big snouts. for her. i'm. here to take. him now and then i can. smile and feel that. i want to remember you. yet still. think. it to me. it. wouldn't make nice to think. that. if the family had paid for all this treatment they would have had to spend over
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$3000.00 in the united states there are still some american cities. ns 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 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.
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is your media a reflection of reality. in a world transformed. what will make you feel safe. isolation will community. are you going the right way or are you being led. away. what is true what is faith. in the world corrupted you need to descend. to join us in the depths. or remain in the shallowness.
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this is crude oil. they hate actually physically pulled it out of the grass he would have well well. there's a lot of money and with that comes. a lot of a lot of people from all over the country. you don't make a $100000.00 a year. there's an issue. here maybe. they were told $60.00 a day hard work well work is not easy. and so they want to relieve their stress of how do they relieve their stress. he's making out like he's the man that comfort
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these men that. people have been murdered up here people can raise their massive drug issues up here you have a boom you have everything else that comes along with money. 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 trash. when i was a kid in 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 oh this 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 elvis can devote all his time to helping the homeless. a little further from downtown 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
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dangers of the street they've 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 lights right out here so it's very dark and you know especially as a woman that's pretty damn scary even if guy it's a 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 open a window with a large. 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 your place has an address 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
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title you're you're screwed because people look at you like 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 am out of us i am to stay nice to meet you is there are brownie brownie crystal
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is 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 man it's like bed bugs in there me do you eat me you eat me alive man i could feed you can everything well you've lived in the morgue 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
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a helping hand. to get. the people who are home. and 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 enjoy the air conditioning. 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 police 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.
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can. thank your luck to both of you 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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you know of us but you know mary you know no idea little but what do you know if you look at 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 him and he and comedy everybody could if they're saying that one year track and poverty cycles of poverty and. thinking that. things are
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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. wear these. yet can't do that but if. you can kind of fashion. jeans and be a little bit. but i think that. it is not that. 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 martha is slightly
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concerned. like it i'm scared of. what i'm scared of. she thought long and hard before signing up to the program it was her husband who convinced her to take the plunge it doesn't look like real situation right right yes yes just like it does now i guarantee it that rats running everywhere yeah i know it's 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 wakeup 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
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not as safe as being in their home with their family so it just gives them 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 this could be really rough. 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. jimmy says. i asked the sky. to take the things that have been stuck. 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
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there's no food in there. they are owned by the city and reclaiming anything at all is 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 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. 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 other spello citizens are still
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suffering in its clutches. they are tactics that can be used to get innocent people to confess to crimes they didn't commit i don't even think people in the us really get that the police are allowed to lie to the person who falsely confessed actually came to believe the lie that they were told about their own behavior once a false confession a stake in the case is closed and nobody really can tell the difference between a good confession and one that is. it's right to stand here from us and. move on what are some. good armor are our trophy for our brothers and profit off the for 4th of them
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medicare. i'm going to let them but i don't touch and then you cut and and kick and. i have food as a child for truffle that it. was then our mom and my michelle the downside of. the thing they owned model. number set up around the hey how nice do it. get this whole food place choice where you got the i knew where you're from and pay off the time in syria said. he she ought to have a. model for that in africa will fuck around with mr hates it for jim and lawyer but i hope that our fairly mature course.
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