weapons but with all and it almost cost him his life now thanks to a scholarship from the writers' association pen he is safe and living in the city of weimar which has always been a home for creative spirits. this café in central weimar eastern germany has become something of a home from home for. the iraqi poet musician and filmmaker hasn't seen his family and friends in mosul for 4 years. before he left he'd spent 2 years in hiding from the i asked which deemed his work incompatible with islamic law. but in my hometown. i think the situation was a bit like more complicated so it wasn't difficult to get to go to work outside or . just things especially going when i was there. he still in touch with his friends back home and follows the news from iraq closely from social media he knows that the iraqi protests begun by civil activists in october 29th seen have cost some 500 lying. to mom prefers not to talk about his private life his family is still in iraq. before he fled the country and 2016 had studied english in what is a teacher his creative work tackled the values of i asked and the deva

is now a fellow if the penn program writers in exile and the association weimar city of refuge. it's organized by vies has a local sculptor and graphic artist mosul was liberated in 2017 but still can't go back the situation remains too dangerous. the problem that we always suffer in iraq that there is a government that maybe they represent some of the. people in iraq but there is also a huge number of people this government doesn't like they do that they don't represent those people and those people they want to change the government but they don't have the power. vytas sachs is a member of the international cities of refuge network founded in 1993 in response to iranian fat against rightist soundman rushdie it office persecuted and has a safe haven. rights as visual artists musicians they can exert influence this week but that's why they're often the 1st to be persecuted by the powers that be by the state powers or religious fundamentalist forces that's the problem that's why we have this program we take it very seriously what if you're going to live. here environment tomorrow

she's the recipient oshe is thee highest honor from the american medical writers association in 2014. for getting the public's voice into their interest to the critical health issues of the day. she gave a 2015 lecture that we hold annually at the school of public health. the foundation rosemary was the chief architect of the 250 million-dollar decade on national strategy to establish inpatient palliative care programs that number 1600 she received a lifetime achievement award from the academy of hospice and palliative medicine and worked with bill moyers on pbs documentary on our own terms. the recipient of the patient safety award from the south carolina hospital association. rosemary is also the principal author of medicare knockdown in 2013. the battle over health care, treatment and the wall of silence. her books have been reviewed in publishers weekly, "washington post," health affairs, proceedings of the senate, congressional testimony, noted in the journal, "new york times," usa today, consumer reports and another outlets too numerous to count. the chair of the board of the in

she is recipient of the highest honor from the american medical writers association in 2014 for giving the public voice in interest to critical health issues of the day. at the george washington university she gave 2015 gibbs lecture we have annually here at the school of public health. at the robert wood johnson condition rosemary was chief architect of its $250 million decade-long national strategy to establish inpatient palliative care programs that now number 1600. she received lifetime achievement award of the Ãb and i worked with bill moyers on the pbs documentary on our own terms. she is recipient of the willis blackman patient safety award from the south carolina hospital association. rosemary is also principal author of medicare meltdown" in 2000 Ãband the wall of silence. her books have been reviewed in the publishers weekly, washington post, reference and proceedings of the u.s. senate dimension and congressional testimony, noted in the wall street journal new york times, usa today consumer reports and other news outlets to numerous accounts. rosemary is chair of the board o

ford is and where this work is coming from, ford is an award-winning writer, cultural critic, and historian, currently an associate professor of african studies and history of the university of delaware. she describes her work, and you can see this clearly with the article, as centering the experiences of black women, girls and non-binary fems using the lens of material culture, fashion, beauty, and body politics. she has several books dealing with these issues, including liberated threads, black women, style, and the global politics of soul, and a forthcoming manuscript this summer, dressed in dreams, a black girls love letter to the tower of fashion. and in this article, she speaks to you about what physical appearance can mean, what it represents, how changing it changes a message, and she opens up with moody's experience. during this experience for moody, she feels very overdressed as a freedom singer, because she shows up and realizes that among her and her fellow seniors, she is the only -- singers machine is the only one in the dressed, because early on in the civil rights movement, you will see individuals

acclaimed writer and businesswoman margaret heffernan, to publish a book challenging the fed associationfetishisation of forecasting. is it is time to embrace uncertainty? margaret heffernan, welcome to hardtalk. i think we would all like to believe that as human knowledge expands, particularly with technology, our ability to forecast the future accurately improves. is it your contention that that is not true? is in my contention that it isn't true. definitely, our capacity to forecast many things has improved, specifically the weather, although it may not often feel that way. but i think what has happened is that our expectation of that improvement was continuously possible, that we would eventually end up with perfect forecasting. i think that has not been proved and in fact, you know, both physicists and experts in forecasting will say that there is ineradicable uncertainty in human systems and natural systems and that while we become very attracted by all of the stuff we can predict like a gps can tell you, roughly, roughly, how long it will take you to drive home for example. can't

. >> it still strikes me because i associated growing up and feeling very patriotic and certainly as a fantastic singer and writereak to a great country. it was pretty incredible. and with the mid- eighties and september w 11 president reagan i never met him but i did get to know mrs. reagan a little bit and wow. [laughter] i don't need to tell anybody here about that. [laughter] i have one - - you have scars from barbara bush i have them from nancy. [laughter] but president reagan's transformative power jimmy stewart once said if rodney married nancy the first time he one - - ronnie married her the first time he would get an academy award. so the great phrase was a shining city on ang hill. the only guy i know who can improve onro jesus. that the addition of the word shining is so important that i have heard ministers say as jesus said america shall be shining city how that was rendered i don't know. we were at lunch one day and .as you know sometimes it was even accurate. so i just heard a minister say this couple weeks before about jesus and the shining city on the hill. she ordered that one third of the cobb

dr marcus plush of the chief medical officer of the association of state and territorial health officials from vancouver canada mckinnon a science writer focused on natural disasters and eat learning or she as she calls herself the master of disaster and in washington d.c. mark mcghee the founder of the 50 state campaign for achievement now a nonprofit education advocacy group but before we start take a look at the sign of the times normally the studio would be bustling with all of our distinguished guests but now that we're in a time of coronavirus our shows are virtual and i appreciate my panel for going through this with us today on a new venture thank you all for being with us i want to start with you dr plesch i know that you're in atlanta and that you interact on you know much more frequent basis with the center for disease control than i do what is the latest how would you describe the dashboard of coronavirus and the social impacts today. well the concern today is that we are continuing to see increases in cases of coronavirus across the united states and what everybody knows has happened in the last couple days is we've moved

to the country's illustrators association that might sound like a lot but it's just a quarter of the japanese average wage and it's a similar situation for ordinary writers in the united states someone who writes full time and about $20000.00 less than half the average yearly for americans and that's not much different for many of germany's freelance actors they are 14000 euros that's about 40 percent of the average income over here so the really big money in the arts is made elsewhere namely in the big auction houses we met someone who has a pretty good idea about what's hot and what's not stick but it sells multi-million dollar pieces for a living. 60000000000. that $1000000.00 that this is where art collectors come for some high stakes gambling is that these prices simply reflect demand. who are the people who shell out millions at christie's auction house. 71000500. s. keep demand always outstrip supply. there's a lot of art out there but the focus is on the art that society considers most interesting. dick paul is president of christy's for europe the middle east russia and india. if anyone can explain why works of art can be so mind bogglingly expe

associated with growing up and being a country music fan. feeling very patriotic and very moving and stirring. certainly lee greenwood is a fantastic singer and writerong, it still moves me although when it's played sometimes, bothers me. ♪. >> great song. ♪. >> yeah. [applause] >> lee greenwood. what an equitable song to speak to a great country and pay tribute to such a great country and do it in a popular way with a song like that. still incredible when you hear it. a great piece of music. >> it's indestructible he linked to the mid-80s and then september 11. in many ways. president reagan, never met president reagan. but i did get to know mrs. reagan a little bit. and - - hoo. i don't need to tell everybody about that. but her - - president reagan's transformative power was so amazing. jimmy stewart once said, if ronnie had married nancy the first time, he would have won an academy award. which is probably true. reagan's visual imagination was so important. so he as you know, his great phrase was a shining city on a hill. he's the only guy i know who can improve on jesus. because city on a hill is from sermon on the mount. but the addition of th

still with us we have white house reporter for the associated press jonathan lemire. political writer joe will be back monday. joining us now is the mayor of new york city, joe de blasio. mayor de blasio, what is the latest on new york city? the potential you may need to ask people to shelter in place. that has happened for the entire state of california. >> mika, right now i'm so sorry to have to tell you, 4,000 cases in new york city, 26 people have died. we now constitute 30% of the coronavirus cases in the united states of america. 70% of the cases in the state of new york. we have to take really intense, radical action right away. that clip you played, that's not a commander in chief. the president is absent. we don't have masks. we don't have ventilators. i was very blunt with the people of my city yesterday that at the beginning of april we will run out of basic medical supplies because of the intense strain that's being put already on our hospitals by this crisis. we literally will not have the things we need to save people's lives. so now we have to -- not only in new york bu

associated with growing up in being a country music fan and hearing that song. and it's very patriotic and very moving and certainly is a fantastic singer and writer.m: a great song, right. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ i am proud to be an american ♪ ♪ ♪ and i gladly stand up ♪ ♪ there ain't no doubt i love this land ♪ ♪ god bless the usa ♪ ♪ tim: [applause]. [applause]. what an incredible song. tim: a great country such a patriot and dude incident popular take it was pretty incredible and it still incredible. such a great piece of music. jon: and is linked to the mid- 80s and in the september 11th. in many ways and president reagan, i did get to know missus reagan little bit and,. [applause]. tim: [laughter]. jon: i don't need to tell anyone here about that. i have scars from barbara bush. president reagan's transformative power so amazing. jimmy stewart once said that if ronnie had a nancy the first time he would've won an academy award. probably true. reagan's visual imagination was so important. so he as you know, his great phrase was a shining city on the hill. his only kino who can improve on jesus. because indian hills from from some amount. in the new testament.

because i associate with rolling up and being a country music fan and hearing that song and very patriotic and being very moving, restoring certainly lee greenwood is a fantastic singer and writer so even today when i hear thesong it still moves me , although sometimes it bothers me. >>. >>. >>. [music] >> lee greenwood, what a incredible song that to a great country. patronage is such a great country to do it in a popular way with a song like that. it was incredible assignment is incredible whenyou hear itself such a great piece of music . >> inextricably linked to the 80s and then to september 11. in many ways and president reagan, i never let president reagan to my great regret that i did get to know mrs. reagan a little bit and. [laughter] need help anybody here aboutthat . i have stars from barbara bush, you all have scars from nancy . but her president reagan's transformative power is so amazing, as jimmystewart once said if ronnie had married nancy the first time you would have won an academy award . which is probably true red but reagan's visual imagination was so important and so he as you know, his phrase was the shining city on a hill. well, the only guy i know who c