tv Documentary RT March 15, 2021 2:30am-3:01am EDT
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and hours queuing for fuel bread so many of them my job is but they say police the skies evolved and now clear brief notion i'm. from damascus in syria. but with updates for you inhofe analyse them. 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 painting the only macon 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
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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. accordingly how many kids and year. they put in so much on their own i get every month on the far south $646.00 just by fluke this for.
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$560.00 euros a month to feed 5 people a tight budget before going shopping but 2 women check the balance on their card. and i. 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 on 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
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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 base 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 known a long time don't trump is a billionaire donald trump thinks his family everywhere he go is children whose walk for a while where we see you a lot about a person's family hit the family. that's why i work my fam. it's
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van lasts so many years maybe 30 years that there's not been jobs now there is our unemployment rate is way down. really right now it's yeah. theory and it's there are plenty of. every person usa we 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 found a job. their unwavering support is somewhat difficult to understand because since his election the daily life of individuals in the bleacher 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 program running fuel. so. i'll suggest that you be back here about 3
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or 4. well it kind of gypsy out because it makes you think you decide it's not like you go to a concert to 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 out there is the huge name. 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 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 our people and this is why we take care of our people. even though the health
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care system improved with barack obama. 28000000 americans still do not have any health insurance services. sereny 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 thunderstorm broke out. the 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 here it less than everything in there is so blankets everything. no sleep last night surrounding it 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
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your struggle to a medical assistant 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 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
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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. beautiful all the people volunteering and. so many people getting help that needed . the former sister passed away. she said albert's teeth taken out and she didn't have any teeth or fuss and she was younger than i am now and she was my
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older sister so. i think about why she wants her health issues because of her take in. 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. in a situation like this prevention is the main goal of these dentists all has gone well for jayden 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 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 they are all right i think it is.
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our mark out and there's 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 and you extract today i'm here just like . i was right about 15 to you to get him we have a selfie of so it's a lot. yeah yeah it's pretty good day yeah. he will spend 15 minutes removing surrender his tooth his 16th of the day. 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 thank god they where i'm thankful for everything by
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a dental prosthesis studio which like the rest is led by volunteers and funded by donations and drives that really that help lay back 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. my god it had been the worst thing over. 2 your. how many banks now it's. your. year
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they. can not then i can. smile and feel it. when i want to remember you. yet still. think. it to you. it. wouldn't make any sense to me. 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 cities. but 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
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a legendary city that is seldom associated with poverty. this is los angeles los angeles and 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 it on it's hard to fathom that like every single day this is how people live. in. l.a. look forward to talking to. that technology should work for people. must obey the orders given by human beings except when such
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a conflict with the 1st law should your identification for should be very careful about official intelligence and the point is to face. it with artificial intelligence where some of the deal. must protect its own existence is. one of the worst ever mass shootings in america was it less money goes into a. the 17 the tragedy exposed a little of the real last vegas women who say elected officials are controlled by can see you know. his shooting reveal where the m.p. d. really is and now it's part of the stand as sheen most of the american public barely remembers that happens just shows you the power of money in las vegas the
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powerful showed that true colors when the pandemic hit the most contagious contagion we've seen in decades and then you have a mayor who doesn't care so here's carol i goodman offering the lives of the vegas residents to the control group to the shiny facades conceal a deep indifference to the people who have been saved if they were to take an action absolutely keep bringing machines doing base is a money machine is a huge cash register that is ran by people who don't care about people's lives being lost. to. 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
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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 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 obus gave up his job as a sales assistant he lives on the salary of his partner layout who works at the
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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 and. tammy 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 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 a guy that's been scared that he might walk up in the dark walk right and do
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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 this 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. we do on and yes so what does it mean so if someone tries to open that window with 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 is powered by
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a solar panel. 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 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
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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. hey i am out of us i am to stay nice to meet you is there are bell me i brownie crystal 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 man i was 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
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it's like big 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 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 if. they're going to do this a neighbor and another homeless person from the neighborhood come to lend him a helping hand. to get. the be through with our 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.
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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 congratulations. a few days after filming the police threatened elvis that they would destroy his cabin and 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
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fascinating ways. but. 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. feudalism where you never married you know no idea 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
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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 $30000.00 people to take part in this astonishing role play challenge the goal is to create compassionate care for him and he and comedy everybody can if they're saying it's a one year track and comedy cycles of poverty and. to get that. far on 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.
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yet there's a bunch of different. kind of fashion. chains and being a little bit. but i think that. it is not as. 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 concerned. you know i'm scared of. i'm scared of bugs. 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 a real situation right right yes yes just like it doesn't guarantee it that rats running everywhere yeah no it's definitely
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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 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. for the next stage of the program the participants are a little loose in the city center their task is to find something to eat on their own and without any money.
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you can smell the food. so. to me so. i asked the sky. cannot take the city but at this time. 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 considered stealing in order to survive the homeless in waco i therefore forced to break the law our 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
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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. by the stand. alone one has. i doubt it i don't want to show that there was a profit off the floor was that
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