so, due to this, a lot of people are probably importing cases from dominican republic next door, whicheverywhere you look, don't you? the hurricane season is supposed to be particularly active this year, and i supposed none of this has stopped the gang violence. i think your hospitals are still dealing with gunshot wounds daily, aren't they? exactly, one hour ago we received four gunshot wounds in our emergency centre, in one of the most violent slums in port—au—prince, and over the last week we've received a couple more as well. this is worrying because not only are we worried about covid—19 itself, we are worried about the continuity of access to healthcare for every pathology, for pregnant women, for gunshot wounds, for asthmatic people. and this is a worry, actually. last week, two hospitals, two prominent hospitals in port—au—prince, the capital city, had to close down because they did not have personal protective equipment for their staff, and they feared infecting their staff or other patients, so they had to close down, limiting even more access to healthcare for the population

so, due to this, a lot of people are probably importing cases from dominican republic next door, whichithout borders in haiti. the german government will be taking a 20% state in the thunder, which it intends to sell by the end of 2023. the czech republic is due to ease border controls with austria and germany on tuesday. border crossings will be reopened and because will only be stopped at random. tourists are still barred from entering the country, with travel for czechs and those aiming to visit poland severely restricted. some doctors on the front line of the national health service here in the uk arrived as refugees. fergal keane has been to meet syrian doctors who told him they want to repay the kindness and generosity they've received since they came here. dr ahmad alomar is a syrian refugee now working at royal 0ldham hospital in manchester. here he's checking on a patient admitted with a severe cough. hello. arriving in 2014, ahmed and his family found safety in britain, and he brought precious skills. where's my chocolates? laughter. he has a presence that puts other staff at

so due to this, people are probably importing cases from dominican republic next door, which is at the. it is difficult, problems everywhere you look. the hurricane season is supposed to be particularly active this year and none of this has stop the gang violence. i think you hospitals are still dealing with gunshot wounds daily, aren't they? one hour ago exactly we received four gunshot wounds in our emergency centre, in one of the most violent slums in port—au—prince and over the last week we have received a couple more as well. this is worrying because not only are we worried about covid—i9 itself, we are worried about the continuity of access to healthcare for every pathology, for pregnant women, for asthmatic people, and this is a worry, actually. last week, two prominent hospitals in port—au—prince, the capital city, had to close down because they did not have personal protective equipment for the staff and the feared infecting their staff or other patients are so their staff or other patients are so they had to close down, limiting even more access to healthcare for the populati

. >> and i was born in the dominican republic. my family game to the united states when i was seven years old and i'm the oldest of three siblings. my father was a doctor in the dominican republic, my mother was a teacher. my dad got older and started our family, he couldn't help, but notice all the corruption and crime that existed in the dominican republic. he wanted the american dream for his children, as did his wife, and so he decided-- they decide today leave everything behind and move to this land of opportunity, the united states of america. my dad became a taxi driver, he was working overnight while going to school in the morning. after three years of hard work, he graduated with an associates degree in radiology. both of my parents are deceased now, she writes, but their courage and work ethic live on in each of their children. my siblings and i could not be more greatful for their unselfish decision they made for us. she goes on to say, i've been working for 10 years at westside family health care where i'm a team medic

my father was a doctor in the dominican republic and my mother was a teacher. as myas dad got older and started a family he couldn't help but notice all the crime that existed. he wanted the american dream for hisan children and wife so they decided to move to this opportunity land. and my dad became a taxidriver working overnight going to school in the morning after three years of hard work he graduated with an associate's degree in radiology. both parents are now deceased that she writes but to live on in each of the children we cannot be more grateful for their unselfish decisions to be made for us. and then to say we been on - - i've been working for ten years at westside family healthcare educate patients with thosech lifestyle changes to better their health and goals. the one thing i love most about my job as i can make a difference in someone else's life . as the years passed, i quickly learned about the command for spanish interpretation among our spanish population as spanish being my first language, i realize it is easier sometimes for a person to spe

a lot of families that are poor in the dominican republic live on a day-to-day basis.to be put on the table for the families that have been on lockdown for more than 60 days. the number two need is medical supplies for our doctors and medical staff that have been on the forefront of this pandemic. thank god tomorrow we will be distributing -- we will start our distribution to more than 50 hospitals nationwide. we're going to give them disposable wear for the doctors that are in icu units taking care of people with covid as well as masks. we're appealing to the baseball fans and people in the united states to continue to step up for the dominican and help us so we can reach more people. >> carolina, testing right now, treatment right now, how are things like that going right now on the island? >> we have over 13,000 cases positive currently. it has been a challenge for government to get test kits for the people, to be able to get diagnosed. it's still a challenge. today or yesterday naive softened the measures so people can progressively start going back to work, but in

some came from the dominican republic. those ships had concubines on it. during this time, mobile being a seaport town, it was kind of loose and the wives would allow their husbands to have companions. a lot of the ladies that came from the dominican republic were companions. they had children. those children today, we refer to them as creoles. an african-american mom with a french and spanish dead, that offspring -- french and spanish creel.at offspring is as you know, we have a lot of creoles here in alabama and louisiana. we wanted to give you a foundation's to the city and how it got started in the fact that the city was in these walls that we see. that was the city. the moment you walked outside of those walls, you were out of the city. this is where we started. first will proceed to our marker, the first historical marker, which is slave market. the lemoine brothers founded mobile in 1702. new orleans was not founded until 1718. they had the first parade here in 1703. when pierre lemoine founded new thatns, he took celebration from mobile and started

so when people are detained en masse like in the dominican republic or put in these obligatory mandatoryuarantine like we have seen in el salvador and venezuela and paraguay, they can't physically distant i'm a that is cut or productive to all of our efforts. so we have launched a campaign called repression is not protection. we will be monitoring states to ensure they don't overreach or abuse their powers and continue represessing in the name of cov. amy: louise tillotson, thank you for being with us amnesty , to national americas. we will link to your report "authorities must protect people from covid-19 9 instead of resorting to repressive measures." and thank you professor jorge cuellar,. article "el to your salvlvador's s two pandemics: maximum insecurity." president trump hahas issued an executive order after twitter deletes one of his tweets most up now has flagged another saying it is promoting violence. they did not delete it, but they tweet was promoting misinformamation. stay with us. ♪ [ [music brbreak] amy: t this is d democracy now!, i'm amy goodman. on thursday, president

but here on the caribbean island in the dominican republic is the legendary resting place of the discoverer of the architecture wherever you go. the first prize of the spanish can keep the doors was the -- can keys to doors -- conquistadors was the pearl of the antilles. so bright and intriguing. ♪ the goldeneamed of mexic -- gold in mexico, but he never reached mexico city. many are the remains of the civilization his followers found their. the civilization of the aztecs that rivaled the end because of peru. here are pyramids rivaling those of ancient egypt. archaeological -- some of the ceremonial dances are preserved to this day, rigorously reenacted on special occasions. ♪ the basic rhythms echo elsewhere around the world. ♪ the ancient culture, with its many legends and art symbols isn't the works of many modern artists. the new structures on the new campus on the university of mexico, the oldest university in the americas. and the new structures on the busy avenues of modern mexico city are definitely rooted in the waves of light that make latins latin. behind the high garden walls th

former red sox star pedro martinez focuses on the dominican republic along with his wife, carlina, alongayers who hail from the dr. they are joining us now from santo domingo. thank you for being here. special moment for me as a red sox fan. just watching the 2004 world series back on snen last night. the reverse the curse makes you happy, even in a time of coronavirus. talk about what you're doing here and why it's so important for you at home in the dr. you say you have a lack of ppe, you have family struggling in this economic environment to eat. walk through a little bit about what you're doing. >> well, this is, first of all, thank you. i'm honored to be here with you guys and sharing this initiative that we decided to take. it came up with an idea. we knew all the players in the dominican that we somehow needed to contribute to help, especially during the quarantine time, because there's a lot of poor people here in the dominican that don't have food every day, and they have to go out to get it. and then you set them for 17 to 25 days of quarantine at home. it's impossible for them

avery has got a free stay here in the dominican republic when travel restrictions finally ease for an the healthcare sector right now is really scary. we are both psychiatric nurses, so we serve really the most marginalised and vulnerable population. with covid, we're really afraid it is going to spread within that population, so every time we go to work, we feel uncertain, we're scared, we're scared to bring it back to our families. so it is difficult, it's uncertain, it is definitely a really challenging time to be working and healthcare. ian and andrew set up the campaign to recognise and reward key workers, but for them an important side effect is to help out the tourism industry in spain, where they run a b&b. the pair have had quite a response. they received more than 3,000 nominations in april alone. people assume it's a competition or it's a prize draw, and we are trying to make it clear that it is actually not a prize draw. either they can nominate themselves, a colleague, a friend, or be nominated by somebody, by a friend of theirs, and it comes through to us here, this cen

avery has got a free stay here in the dominican republic when travel restrictions finally ease for aorking in the healthcare sector right now is really scary. we are both psychiatric nurses, so we serve really the most marginalised and vulnerable population. with covid, we're really afraid it is going to spread within that population, so every time we go to work, we feel uncertain, we're scared, we're scared to bring it back to ourfamilies. so it is difficult, it's uncertain, it is definitely a really challenging time right now to be working in healthcare. ian and andrew set up the campaign to recognise and reward key workers, but for them, an important side—effect is to help out the tourism industry in spain, where they run a b&b. the pair have had quite a response. they received more than 3,000 nominations in april alone. people assume it's a competition or it's a prize draw, and we are trying to make it clear that it's actually not a prize draw. either they can nominate themselves, a colleague, a friend, or whatever, or be nominated by somebody, by a friend of theirs, and it comes

and then plenty of rain showers particularly across into haiti the dominican republic really developing throughout choose day and also we'll see the brainchild developing across much of the tamala and southern areas of mexico very similar story really on wednesday and all the way along the coasts throughout the gulf of mexico. they say to really know someone you must walk a mile in they. follow in their footsteps the state through which they weigh in the was. how dizzy in the. snow johnny's. inspiring stories of people disappearing on their chosen path. witness documentaries on our. i don't and i'm. reminded of our top stories this hour the search for a coronavirus vaccine has received a significant financial boost dozens of countries have pledged $8000000000.00 to speed up to such the u.s. to china and russia did not take part. of the trumpet ministration is projecting coronavirus deaths in the u.s. will reach 3000 a day by the end of this month that's according to documents seen by the new york times that comes as a number of states have started to reopen. and new zealand has reported

plenty of rain showers particularly across into haiti the dominican republic really developing throughout choose day and also we'll see the brainchild developing across much of guatemala and southern areas of mexico innocence very similar story really on wednesday and all the way along the coast throughout the gulf of mexico. a lot again of television control don't know but it's tremendous for the country so i think and he was determined to go could you do salute at that point to for sword to avenge its people slaughtered 8080 is he smashes the frankish ali captures the king of jerusalem he sees is the truth crawls and this is the great military victory the crusades an arab perspective that was sold 3 unification on al-jazeera . you want to go to see it as a reminder of our top stories this hour the search for the coronavirus vaccine has received a significant funding boost dozens of countries have pledged $8000000000.00 to speed up research the u.s. china and russia did not take on. the u.s. disease control agencies projecting coronavirus deaths in the country will reach 3000 a day by ju

caribbean we've got a few shows over the next couple of days we could see some heavy rains dominican republic later in the day across into haiti maybe some showers across in jamaica and release of scattered areas the showers maybe some thunderstorms into mexico and again all the while some quite heavy rain into costa rica on across into panama change really on tuesday 29 in cancun. rewind returns i can't bring your people back to life i'm sorry. i was at the. continues with me going into a war zone he said the 1st thing i look for is the exit it's on how to get it it's how to get out the pictures there's no point going to these places rewind. the. head of there i'm just. a reminder of our top stories this hour malaysia is allowing the majority of businesses to reopen but large gatherings are still not allowed schools and universities will remain closed and people have been asked to continue social distancing. thailand also eased its lockdown over the weekend it's allowed restaurants salans and pet shops to reopen no new deaths have been reported in days but all incoming flights have been bann

national pastime, baseball has a long history and other countries in cuba and japan and mexico and dominican republic, baseball is the only professional baseball is being played in taiwan and korea. >> i'm covering some other things that you already talked about, but did you interview anyone from the family for comment or information on this book? >> i was really fortunate that the family allowed me access to his papers and his files from when he is moving to l.a. and planing the stadium, peter granted me that and it was a huge help in writing the book, and think with him for writing that, i was not really aware of what a visionary he was in terms of how he conceived baseball as a spectator sport, we think now about baseball stadium to have all these different entertainment things in dodger stadium might seem old in the context but he was the first person to see baseball as a family-friendly experience, he consulted with walt disney how to build an ideal fan expanse of the dodger stadium, that was a level he thought on. in getting to diving to his notes and index cards for his ideas and it was great.

and nor for the american pastime, it has history in cuba, mexico, dominican republic. the only professional baseball being played right now is in taiwan and korea, you know. . >> and to already talk about, did you-- i'm sorry, did you interview anyone from the o'malley family for comments or information on this book. >> i actually was really fortunate that the o'malleys allowed me access to the papers and his files from when he was moving to l.a., and kind of planning the stadium. peter o'malley granted me that and it was such a huge help in writing the book. i'm thankful to them for that because i wasn't really aware of what a kind of visionary the o'malley was, how he conceived baseball as a spectator support. like baseball stadium have entertainment things in them and dodger stadium might seem old in that context, but he was the first person to really like see baseball as like this family friendly kind of experience. he like consulted with walt disney how to build a, you know, an ideal fan experience at dodger stadium and that's the kind of level he was thinking on

in cuba and japan and mexico and the dominican republic. the only professionalbaseball being played right now is in taiwan and korea . i'm covering some other things that you had already talked about but sorry. ward asked if you interview anyone from the o'malley family for comments or information on this book ? i was really fortunate that the o'malley family allowed me access to walter o'malley's papers and his files from when he was moving to la and kind of planning the stadium. o'malley granted me and it was such detail in writing the book, i'm thankful to them for that because i wasn't really aware of what a kind of visionarywalter o'malley was . kind of how you conceive baseball as a spectator sport. i think now about baseball stadiums that have all these different entertainment things and then dodgers might seem old in that context but he was the first person to really see baseball as this family-friendly, kind of experience. he spoke with walt disney about how to build a ideal experience in dodger stadium, that's the kind of level he

general flynn who is in the dominican republic on vacation, he had a really hard time making a call.think they were only one important call this one phone call has been the excuse that the obama administration and the intelligence chiefs, that the media had it used as a sort of fulcrum of the whole russia probe which i think was a total fraud from the beginning. and if we find out what's in that transcript, we will let the american people decide. i've never seen that transcript, i talked to general flynn right before he talked to the russian ambassador and right afterwards but i unlike several "washington post" journalists had never seen a transcript of it. >> martha: do you think the journalists actually saw transcript or do you think they were told with the transcript said? >> when i was in the white house i got a phone call from "the washington post." "the washington post" reporter said that they either had a transcript or read a transcript of general flynn's phone call. it now did they possess a physical transcript? i don't know. but they certainly seems to have information, at l

a skull has a long history obviously in other countries, cuba and japan and mexico and the dominican republic. the only professional baseball being played right now is in taiwan and korea. >> i'm covering some of the things you've already talked about, but did you -- sorry. did you interview anyone from the o'malley family for comments or information on this book? >> i chose really fortunate that the o'malley family allowed access to walters papers and is filed from when he was moving to l.a. and kind of planning the stadium. peter o'malley kind of granted me that and -- i'm thankful to them for that because i wasn't really aware of what they visionary walter o'malley was in terms of how we conceive baseball as a spectator sport. we think doubt about baseball stadiums have all these different entertainment things in them, and dodger stadium might seem old in the context, but he was the first person to really see baseball as a family-friendly experience. he consulted with walt disney about how to build an ideal fan experience at dodger stadium. that's the kind of level he was thinking on. and

and then plenty of rain showers particularly across into haiti the dominican republic really developingthroughout choose day and also we'll see the brainchild developing across much of the tamala and southern areas of mexico as a very similar story really on wednesday and all the way along the coast throughout the gulf of mexico. what impact will call did 19 on the drop in oil prices have on the race to the white house can donald trump survive these historic set backs and does the job only have what it takes to beat. special coverage on al-jazeera. thousands of nepalese children a truck become human life and forced to stay in a legal frigid. follows one girl's journey hired to a remote village. on al-jazeera. global leaders pledge $8000000000.00 to speed up the hunt for corona virus a vaccine a quarter of a 1000000 people have now died worldwide. i'm about this and this is all just a live from doha also coming up elise government documents reveals the u.s. virus death toll is set to double by the end of the month. africa's most populous country begins to ease restrictions but there are

whether they're still pushing up across a good part of cuba could catch chad that city into the dominican republic and maybe also into haiti they say not as little hottie fine and dry as be coing through the weekend plenty of sunshine coming through here but the west the weather will continue across a good part of cuba seeking a little further south which yucatan peninsula looking pretty wet can came with a top temperature of 29. one of the last remaining ancient forests in southeast asia is a lifeline to hundreds of lumberjacks and drive as. we follow their treacherous journey as they walk through extreme conditions. to gather and transport this dangerous but precious cargo risking it all. on al-jazeera. one half scottish and half lebanese so diversity is really important to me and al-jazeera is the most diverse place i have ever worked we have so many different nationalities and this is a nice book together in this one news organization and this diversity of perspectives is reflected in our coverage giving a more accurate representation of the world we report on and that's a key strength of al-j

is theoretically possible, i can throw out some examples of hot and humid areas include the dominican republicof cases. i don't think we can bank on that when the warmer months come. >> good to see you both again. thanks very much. that is our look across america. thank you for making time for us. coming up, an experiment in contact tracing is coming to new york city. you'll meet someone taking part. until we meet again, i'm joshua johnson. the news continues after the break on msnbc. continues aftere break on msnbc wayfair has way more ways to renovate your home, from inspiration to installation. like way more vanities perfect for you. nice. way more unique fixtures and tiles. pairing. ♪ nice. way more top brands in sinks and faucets. way more ways to rule your renovation. nice! on any budget, with free shipping. wayfair. way more than furniture. it's a great escape. so many great stories from amazing people... it makes me want to be better. it changes your perspective. it makes you a different person. see what listening to audible can do for you. wh...they fell head over heelsg gain lovea fl

flynn is in the dominican republic december 29th on vacation. they have this call, and they know that flynn and kislyak are talking. everyone in that meeting knows that flynn and kislyak are talking. and he wants to look at what exactly the conversation is about. this suggests that one week later, this leaked to "the washington post," and that the crime. >> tucker: i'm a bit confused by what we learned yesterday. the susan rice email to herself minutes before inaugurationn in january 2017, we've seen that for a while but we didn't see that one redacted paragraph in which she quotes jim comey saying he may withhold information from the incoming administration. why did we not see that until yesterday, do we know? >> because it suggests and tells you basically that they were listening in on that call and let michael flynn was on the other side of it, and that they were concerned about passing secret information to the incoming national security advisor. >> tucker: it's unbelievable. >> it's pretty unprecedented. i think we have more to learn, tucke

- let's go back to hispaniola that is now the island t that divided between haiti and thehe dominican republicand let's talk about haititi. let's rememberr that the french -- this i is now an island that had become extraordininarily enough to thinknk the wealthiest colony in the worlrld, the jewel of the french empire. and that is because of its sugar plantations, and the sugar was expoported to europe,e, the foundation of french wealth in this period. and d sles are continuing to be imported throughout the 18th century at b breakneck speed too cultivivate the fields of sugarcane. revolution,rench french power was neutralized. the attitude of the french revolutionaries toward slavevery was entirely different. and d you got this upsurge of te slaves with the grereatest slave revoltlt in histo led by the .ahaitian spapartacus and the colony was functionally opererating under his control ad wawas independent ofof france. poleon -- there was regime change, howevever. 179799. napopoleon comes to wewer. 1803, he is thinking he wishes toto put an end to this rebellin to restore the haitian rebels, sl

guatemala and on across into coast rica panama and in ages and dog the blue across haiti and the dominican republic and that's what we'll see some heavy rains but really is a sin a story on wednesday the rain chance increasing because they will widespread across cuba and down across into jamaica and again all the while across into haiti with some heavy downpours still into southern areas of mexico now the rain in the united states this will be really particularly heavy as we go through choose a across the ohio valley working its way across into the eastern seaboard we could have some severe thunderstorms and later in the day maybe some heavy rain with us on storms into southern areas of texas and then wednesday is the day it should be fine a clearer and then you'll see the shot with some heavy spells of rain really pushing in to the pacific northwest and clearing from the northeast. rewind returned a can bring your people back to life i'm sorry updates on the best of al-jazeera documentary in libya i was the global the us and no i like any other student rewind continues with me going into a war zon

awe giusto valderas was 58 years old and came from the dominican republic. wife and family say he was a loving family man. may they rest in peace and may their memories be a blessing. erin jur"erin burnett outfront" right now. >>> "outfront" right now, breaking news. after weeks of delay, the cdc opening new guidelines on reopening schools, businesses, and guidelineses. but are key guidelines missing. and a new alert to doctors about a mysterious illness in school-aged children that may be linked to coronavirus. and we'll take you inside cesar's palace to see what the famed casino is going to look like when it reopens. let's go "outfront." >>> and good evening. i'm erin burnett. "outfront" tonight, the breaking news. the cdc just releasing new guidelines to reopening the economy after weeks of waiting for any sort of guidelines. and here they are. there are six one-page decision trees on

world -- for instance, the startling situation ofof the island of hispananiola where in the dominican republicthere are more than 7600 confirmed cases bubut right across thehe bordern the same islsland in haiti, only about 85. do you think there are any gegenetic issues in termrms of h populations are more disposed to being affected by covid-d-19? >> so, one way to think about this is we are early in this pandemicic. the way i have often describeded usinin a baseball analalogy is we're probably in the top of the ththird inning of a nine inning baseball game. meaning thahat we have a longngy to go a and in the early days, you're goioing to see a lot of variations in who has been afaffected, where the disease hs spreread. it willl be driven in large part by things lilike travel, where t virus firsrst showed up, 30 -- certain amount of yes and current arabic issues. i've not seen any data coming in a group of humans are more susceptible than others in terms of populations. august the, older people are more susceptible but our haitians more or less susceptible than dominicans or indianans are momo

one ship is parked right off the coast of puerto rico, dominican republican -- dominican republic haiti. the other ship is off the coast of california. and in each instance, there is a german worship on either side of the pandemic canal. the canal that the americans had spent a ton of money, a ton of time and a ton of effort to make theirs the french had been trying but they could not pull it off. the americans arrived and said we will finish this. in 1914, you will recall that the americans had been preparing to celebrate the grand opening of the panama canal. they could not take away the attention from the american engineering marvel that is the panama canal. the americans then said in opening this canal and shortening trade routes, mostly to asia, we also made ourselves so much more enticing for the germans. it is a question of time until that counts. it's a moment of time until they can come over and pounce. they will come into the caribbean and they will save you here to solve the conflict in the islands. especially haiti which is not an island but part of an island. the caribbean,

mexico during wednesday and is increasing chance in eastern cuba maybe jamaica haiti and the dominican republic and that's true for not just wednesday but also quite possibly thursday where the mexico the showers could be even bigger as you can see. he had it all. the passion the success and the popularity. and then he gave it all up. for the love of his homeland and. football rebels delves into the realm of footballing legend rashid look through free. to fool the algerian national liberation front with his feet rashid mcleish and the f.l.n. team on al-jazeera. they say to really know someone you must walk a mile in their shoes. al-jazeera shares personal journeys of people following their chosen path weakness on al-jazeera throughout history humankind has come together in our darkest moments this is a moment for pretty much the opposite where retreat from the world could actually save every generation as its moment this one is ours. ringback a former top health official says he was pressured to use an untested drug for corona virus despite the danger it poses to the american public. i'm about

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so one ship is parked right off the coast of puerto rico, dominican republic haiti.the other ship is off the coast of california. in each instance there is a german worship on either side of the pandemic canal. the canal that the americans have spent a ton of money, a ton of time and a ton of scientific effort to make theirs. the french have been trying and they can pull it off. in 1914 you will recall just as the war is starting the americans have been preparing to celebrate for the opening of the panama canal. they could not. the darn fighting was taking the attention away from the american engineering marvel that is the panama canal. the americans then said in opening this canal and shortening trade routes mostly to asia, we buy ourselves, and by ourselves they mean through asia have seen more appealing. they can make, it they're subs could make, it and their worships can make it. we are going to come in to the caribbean and say that we are here to stop the local conflict on one of the islands. they are going to see that they are here because one of the islands, 8

my father was a doctor in the dominican republic and my mother was a teacher. as my dad got older and started our family, he couldn't help but notice all of the corruption and crime that existed in the dominican republic. he wanted the american dream for his children as did his wife, so they decided to leave everything behind and move to this land opportunity, the united states of america. my dad became a taxi driver. he was working overnight while going to school in the morning. after three years of hard work, he graduated with an associate's degree in raidology. both of my parents are deceased now, she writes, but their courage and work ethic live on in each of their children. my siblghts and -- siblings and i could not be more grateful for the unselfish decision they made for us. she says, i've been working for ten years at westside family health care where i'm a team medical nurse. i educate patients about medical conditions to help them identify lifestyle changes that can benefit their overall goals. the one thing i love the most about -- the one thing i l

both of my parents are immigrants from the dominican republic, and so graduating in the -- i can't speakperience of someone whose status is uncertain, but what i can speak to is the fear that is striking through immigrant families across the country and especially in mine. my parents came over when they were very young with my grandparents on both sides, and, you know, every day i can tell you that it a conversation within the household, you know, the uncertainty and fear around what happens to families like us and, you know, to students, students that i just graduated with, students at rutgers university, camden. what's the future look like for them? what are we doing to ensure that? but in terms of the coronavirus, it's been a little scary. you know, i'm someone who is naturally extroverted and i like being around other people and i love celebrating, i love having those moments, those special moments with people. but it's a little scary that we can't even be within six feet of somebody, especially friends and family that you know and love. >> what is your plan now? what do you want to