the us has imposed sanctions against 62 individuals from baylor, bruce, and 5 entities. the european union announced sanctions on 78th, baylor, russian individuals and 8 entities. the canadian foreign ministry and now thinks it's on 17 individuals and 5 entities. and the u. k. input sanctions on 7 bill, russian individuals and one entity at a meeting in luxembourg, you foreign ministers also prepared a series of other economic measures that are aimed at minutes while continuing to put pressure on the look. shinkel government by supporting atlanta, secret sky and opposition leader in exile was conveyed to me to kind of sky you did have the union remain ready to support a future democracy arose with a comprehensive plan of economic support of up to 3 billions for democrats burrows. this reporting it net help right now through the sanctions. there isn't as decided today, he can, i mean to really cited shown and continue putting pressure. honda location, go regime. russia has called the efforts against the loose methods of hybrid war. while you can accuse the west of one sid

up next, baylor university history professor robert elder confederacy advocate, john calhoun from blue bicycle books in charleston, south carolina, this is aboutut an hour. john: i am jonathan and i am with blue bicycle books and really excited about this book. came out about a year ago and reach out too the publisher and so were going to do an event on this. i am john calhoun.. only up a of blocks away from calhoun street. and we put in for this book, there was a lot of statutes governing over that street and there is no longer anything there so it's definitely be a man is been in the news. he's coming writing for over hundred 50 years . the focus of his foresail and i number of you have already purchased and thank you so much for imparted and think of her holding up bob. it's a fantastic and it's coming to us from baylor university today in the midst of a very intense storm and record-settin winter storm. any and be good people of the postal service have gone to great lengths to find these books and we and they made their way back to austin now. so you get a kind of book. and again i

as a junior at baylor university, he led baylor to an impressive season that resulted in a win over gonzaga in the national championship game. some of his impressive accolades including the all american team, the all big 12 first team, the 2021 all tournament team, and national defensive player of the year. his long list of accomplishments stem from his countless hours of work and his determination to win. i, along with the rest of the first congressional district, congratulate you, on your achievements and know you will continue to make us proud. madam speaker, i rise today to remember and honor retired chief of police carl hamilton alexander of brunswick, georgia, who peacefully passed away at the age of 72. chief alexander was man of strong character an deep devotion to his lifelong profession of public service. he began his career with the glenn county fire and rescue in 1970 and he would eventually rise through the ranks of the police department to become chief of police. under his leadership, the glenn county police department became the 14th nationally accredited agency in the state

the news, the this is the w news live from berlin inside the brutal crack down on priest beach and baylor with a d. w reporter release from prison just hours ago says he was tortured while in custody. these among several others that human rights would say, were arrested on false charge. it's also coming out vietnam faces a new surgeon, krona virus cases. after months of success in keeping infections at bay is a new varian causing the outbreak, plus rejected ethnic groups. and maybe a say the reparation germany has agreed to pay for it admitted genocide in the colonial era or an affront to their existence. and the us remembers one of the worst racial atrocities in its history report on the divisions that still remain 100 years after the semester. ah and a warm welcome. 12 years around the world, michael locus. bailey ru continues to face international pressure over its crackdown on journalists among them. d. w reporter alexander broke off. he was just released after serving a 20 day sentence, during which he says he was tortured. he w. news in close is in close communication with them, and

author today is robert elder of baylor university. his book on the american south, his first book was sacred mirror, i worked on this before hand. the sacred mirror, 1790-1860, phd from the mori university and two degrees, liz and shelley, thank you for being here, thank you all for attending and i will leave you to it. >> thank you for that introduction. i am pretty sure it is colder if that is possible colder today than charleston, south carolina or where some folks are who are joining us, a chance to say hello. >> everyone who is on the call, thanks to paul for running the show here. it is a very wintry evening. so far the internet is working. i'm looking forward to it. before we get started. this is coming full circle. 21 years ago, in paul anderson's classes at clemson, jefferson jackson and calhoun class that i first got hooked on history. he is the reason i have been inflicted on the historical profession so it is his fault. >> i'm not sure that is much blame my way as it is credit to you. one thing i remember about that first

having served as president and chancellor of baylor university, and being at the school of law. kenneth starr continues to teach law, writes articles of interest and serves as a commentator for various television and radio programs. he serves on the board of advocates international and christianrn legal society. and on the advisory board of alliance defendingce freedoms. as a constitutional expert, master lawyer, kenneth starr is argued 36 cases before the u.s. supreme court. including during his service as u.s. solicitor general. he served as united states circuit judge for the district of columbia circuit. as counselor and chief of staff to u.s. attorney general william french smith, and his law clerk to chief justice warren burger, and if it circuit judge david dyer. as most of you know, he was appointed to serve asve an up ia council for five investigations including whitewater from 1994 - 1999. many of you know kenneth starr's writings. he is author of first among equals, the supreme courteq in american life, bear country, the baylor story. content a memoir off the clinton

ah, i'm michael o coo welcome. baylor room continues to face international pressure over its crackdown on journalists among them. d. w reporter alexander brewer. cough. he was just released after serving a 20 day sentence during which he says he was tortured. the w news is in close communication with him and he told us he's doing fine, but needs time to recover before speaking publicly. here's a look at the dangerous situation facing journalist in the autocratic country. bella received journalist alexander buddha called, who is covering the trial of an opposition politician and may, was arrested and charged with joining an illegal demonstration. for a good cause is among the dozens of reporters who faced prosecution by the bel lucien regime in recent months. exiled journalists can only watch from across the border in fear of the preschool. what is happening in barrows is terrible, considering the pressure on independent media, and the number of journalists that are put behind bars it's, it's really shocking. but my found better receive journalists are increasingly up against the wall.

the city of not is home to the baylor groups plumbed, founded in 1956. it is a town within a town, 5000 worker's work that day and night, and journalists are not welcome. the medicaid, and that's my guess i'm and fear, steven young men, fish to one dinner will see me. well, the number one was something to give dana. so i'm gonna go back to that again how i live. and that got me later when you are one of the show cool, began working at berner in 1981 in june, 2019 he suffered a heart attack which he says was job related. yes, mantell company, we're just a we medical medical data company or just the school is going to do pills have got them score school. so i'm going to be printing the needy. but i think the one that i did come up with had, so i'm going to one of them. i said that was can the cobra is going to go up sir, to get school, knew what their medical, what they got into what the company is, mac. i'm going is going to excite new guy is how comical at the age of 58, he's on unpaid sick leave indefinitely. are there any occupational illnesses related

the 21-year-old was working toward her masters in social work at baylor university.oved to paint and draw, and had helped start a reading program for young studentsn her hometown of waco, texas, her father said. after her passing, alicia's parents accepted her diploma during baylor's graduation ceremony this spring. donnell cobbins jr., a fourth generation minister, was born and raised in south memphis. donnell, a father of two, served as a pastor at saint luke missionary church in the same neighborhood where he grew up.“ people gravitated toward him and he gravitated toward people,” donnell's younger brother said. he was known as a role model, exceptionally bright and always curious. when the pandemic began, donnell applied for a grant to keep church services going virtually. shortly after his passing, the church received the funding, a gift he leaves behind. donnell was 49-years-old. we are so grateful to family members for sharing these stories. our hearts go out to you, as they do to everyone who has lost a loved one in this pandemic. >> woodruff: i am happy to s

impact is this have on the media landscape in the region and the work specifically of journalists and baylor's, who just has a history of a very strong independent media. also the reputation of very courageous journalists, and despite that the crackdown in august last year to the presidential election as mean, but the industry is really quite decimated within better whatever. still some courageous journalist that many have had to leave a country and many a working in the baltic states in poland with independent media doing their best to report and what's going on in the country. and obviously we've seen very graphic report, so they're doing good work. what's needed now is that the government's in the, in europe, including germany, to support that work for the work of independent media. but they can continue. there's been unequivocal international condemnation and demands to free journalists and allow independent reporting and beggars. but does that really have any effect on lucas shank? oh, i think obviously difficult to tell, but i would say probably has, i think his actions are becoming more

feel like most of the boys here have to go through it make over when i was in the, the traditional baylor and pay the ethnic groups believe a boy can only become a man if it goes through the rites of passage like chanting stick fighting and hunting, the rite of passage culminates with the circumcision of the students performed in an open field by a traditional healers. while only a nora t of the schools are accused of mistreating their students. many push questionable ideas about masculinity. because when you come from this please, he cannot cry. it's like if someone a u. f post. or even if you pay news like here with forming leg tinney a little bit to be as soon as you attitude like this made this young man's experience all the more painful at the age of $18.00 or lani acosta were sent by his father to an initiation school, as soon as he arrived in his cousin was subjected to daily beating colonies, cousin was a proud young man and defied the humiliations. so he was often taken aside and punished repeatedly with further beatings. one evening the eldest took him away once again to teach h

and i shared our concern about baylor bruce. he didn't disagree with what happened. he's just as perspective what to do about it, but i know you have a lot of questions. so let me close that was this. it was important to meet in person. so that can be no mistake about or misrepresentations about what i wanted to communicate. i did what i came to do, number one. and then if i areas of practical work, our 2 countries can do to advance our mutual interest and also benefit the world. to communicate directly directly at united states will respond to actions that impair or vital interest or those of our allies and 3 to clearly lay out our country's priorities in our values. so we heard it straight for me and i must tell you the tone of the entire meetings, i guess was total 4 hours was was what was, was good positive. there wasn't any, any strident action taken. or we disagreed. i disagree, stated where it was, where he disagreed, he stated, but it was not done in a hyperbolic you atmosphere. that is too much of what's been going on over the last week. i believe i hope uni

well, professor peter hotez is the dean of the national school of tropical medicine at the baylor collegeim for his reaction to these figures. well, it's ascribing a number to what we have known, that we've had a disastrous response to covid—19 in 2020 and into the early part of 2021. and the way i break it down is that we failed for each of our first four waves of covid—19. the first wave hit in march and april in new york city, predominantly and there we missed the entry of the virus in from southern europe because we were preoccupied with other things. and then the big differentiator from other countries is that we did not learn from our mistakes. we let our guard down in the summer and allowed that mass insurgence of covid—19 in our southern states, here in texas where i am and other southern states. we insisted that the federal government could not lead the response and allow the states to do this and the states were totally inept at handling covid—19. and then we missed it again. we allowed a massive fall surge across the upper midwest and into the midwest and then we had a january

hoping to have a semblance at least of the cation so, and keep in india, the religious festival come baylor is often blamed for having been a super spreader in the late winter, early spring, to what extent was travel implicated in that terrible search that we did see in india and have people changed their attitudes in regard to travel i would say in terms of traveling in the state, there has been a good option. people are actually more than aware of a scared, especially with the not in the writing, the more of this. but what we need to understand is that when public transport it's already started opening up in plain big cities like being the, the being a little bit like a cute so, you know, last month. so we have the public transport opening up. there is a taken public transport and in a country which over a 1000000000 people, it's very difficult to socially distance. so it's very necessary for a government. i think that, you know, you'll have to maintain social distance and you have to wear mosque, you know, you have to get back from needed. and i think the, the issue that's happening righ

professor peter hotez is the dean of the national school of tropical medicine at the baylor college of well, it is ascribing a number to what we have known. we've had a disastrous response to covid—i9 for 2020 and into the early part of 2021, and the way i break it down is we failed for each of our first four waves of covid—i9. the first wave hit in march and april in new york city, predominantly and there, we had missed the entry of the virus in from southern europe because we were preoccupied with other things. and then the big differentiator from other countries is we did not learn from our mistakes. we let our guard down in the summer and allowed that mass insurgence of covid—i9 in our southern states here in texas, where i am, and other southern states. we insisted that the federal government could not lead the response and allowed the states to do this and the states were totally inept at handling covid—i9 and then we missed it again. we allowed a massive fall surge across the upper midwest and into the midwest, and then we allowed a january surge, and we paid dearly for the cons

desiree rodriguez of houston's baylor college of medicine is looking at what's next. >> we're going to be prepared for the possibility that a booster dose may be needed. >> reporter: for now, the priority is getting shots in arms. >> this upswing is going to cause deaths. there are going to be people you know that are going to die because you were not vaccinated. >> reporter: the c.d.c. says colorado has the second most delta variant cases in the nation after missouri. colorado health officials estimate 40% of covid cases there are the delta variant. norah. >> o'donnell: all right, janet shamlian, thank you so much. well, a democratic plan to greatly expand voting rights in the u.s. failed tonight in the u.s. senate. democrats didn't come close to the 60 votes they needed to advance debate. cbs' nikole killion reports tonight from the capitol. >> reporter: the democrat-backed voting rights bill, dubbed the "for the people" act was opposed by senate republicans from the start. >> i think you could appropriately title it "the fool the people,s" act. >> reporter: vice president kamala har

john is a bachelor's in houston university and masters in history from baylor university. although he is retired and hasn't stopped him from attending and speaking at seminars and these kind of events lecturing on podcasts and spending time. he and his wife and therefore cats live near atlanta but there's one more thing he likes to share, his love of baseball. the first game he's always 1947 between pittsburgh when jackie robinson scored the winning run. especially to boston to see the red sox. for those of us in new england, we like to hear that. we know the audience is looking forward to hearing more about the book winning independence, so let's begin again. the focus has been on the era of the revolution. what do you love most about this chapter in our history? >> thank you for having me in the library and historical society for inviting me tonight. i've been looking forward to doing this. i was drawn to the revolution because that is where everything starts for the united states. the social ideas were formed during the course of the revolution. if you think about it, l

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a doctor at baylor college of medicine, peter hotez. good evening.ll more than 74 million people or 53% of the total population has received at least one dose and nearly 145 million people or 44% of the u.s. population is now fully vaccinated. that's impressive. but what we are seeing in some areas where lots of people are vaccinated and some or relatively few are vaccinated, it's a difference there. what does that mean for those areas? >> first of all, don, you're right. we're commemorating 600,000 american lives lost, and the two of us have been together through 100,000, 200,000 and so forth, and it's just such an extraordinary tragedy. there is light at the end of the tunnel now, especially in the northeast, places like new york as well as the new england states where so many people are vaccinated now that i do have optimism we're going to vaccinate our way out of this epidemic. but, tragically, we're now two covid nations, because as good as we're looking in the northeast and in california and a few other states, in the south things are looking v

up next, baylor university history professor robert elder confederacy advocate, john

. >> familiar face for most of us peter hotez, school of medicine at baylor college and he was awarded the abraham award for excellence and leadership and interim american health byp the pan-american health organization of the world health organization, served in the the obama administration as the u.s. science envoy and was appointed by the u.s. state department to serve on the board of governors for the u.s., israel binational science foundation. i don't know how he does it but he has written several books ane passionate about the conversation between research and the general public. his books include the maribel health and innovative plan to a fight diseases of the poor and mid wealth, autism dad. i'm so sorry. my journey as a vaccine scientist, pediatrician and autism dad and his latest book which is what brings us here this morning, is preventing the pandemic which explores the social political, economic and environmental factors that drive infectious disease and tropical disease and the role diplomacy can play in them. thank you so much. i know that you're extremely busy as well,

summer and make money off of it because they're a baseball player at texas or a volleyball player at baylor. that will be the more important decision for the lower level athletes. >> and so that point, steve, what you said about justice kavanaugh, if you read his concurring opinion, he says my words, not his, why did it take so long? why wasn't this done a long time ago. the ncaa's business model would be illegal in almost any other industry. all the restaurants in a region cannot come together to cut cook's wages on the theory that customers prefer to eat food from low paid cooks. that's the argument, the athletes, we need to keep this special amateur status because fans like that, therefore, we can't play them. what do you see as the ramifications when other cases come up behind it? >> the bloom is off the rose. the reality is that whether it's in the name, image and likeness context or other challenges to either ncaa-wide or conference-wide or even university specific limits on the benefits that athletes and student athletes are eligible for, i think kavanaugh is sending a loud signal. t

co-director of the center for vaccine development at texas children's hospital, the dean of the school at baylor long-term use of the vaccine? >> it was expected this was going to happen. i think it's important to keep in mind when the fda released the vaccine for emergency use, they work hard to approximate approval. the data was shortened in order to get the vaccine out to the public because at that time we were losing 3,000 american lives every day. so to prevent a catastrophic loss of life the vaccine was released at a sooner time point. there are some differences now that it has full approval, there will be additional -- it's being done, at least the request, being done with additional safety data, additional data showing how effective it is. potentially the full data on adolescents and all of that is extremely important. also, factoring in inspections, that kind of thing. but from my standpoint, the major benefit is advocacy because a lot of the anti-vaccine groups are trying to make the claim that because it was released through emergency use authorization, not full approval, that it's ex

richina bisset is the medical director at the baylor college of medicine. just how concerned are you? >> well, i'm going to echo dr. fauci's sentiments, ana, i'm not concerned about myself because i'm part of the fully vaccinated crew and our current vaccines do offer very high levels of protection against this new variant. however, for those who are unvaccinated, and from a public health standpoint there's a lot to be concerned about. it's not just the appearance of another variant, it's the behavior of this variant. last month there were estimates that the variant made up 1% of cases in the united states and it was in about 40 countries worldwide. right now, this cdc is estimating that delta makes up 10% of cases in the u.s., it's in over 75 countries worldwide, and it's likely responsible for the current surge we're seeing in the uk, making up over 90% of their new covid cases. >> we're also learning a significant number of people who get the virus end up with ongoing health issues, the new study this week shows more than 23% had at least one post-covid

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i was developed by baylor university that's how i got to be an olympic athlete.there's a domino effect that will ultimately affect our dominance in the olympic medal table, just as recently as 2018, you know we were very, very close to china. china continues to put more and more money from their government funded program ns into athletic programs >> michael johnson, an honor to hear from you. thanks so much, and go usa >>> one athlete to watch in the summer games, swimmer kae leb dressle. the 5300-meter butterfly and 100 free he's looking to secure his place as one of the fastest ever to hit the water. >> i have three different animals on my sleeve, alligator, black bear and eagle they're all native to florida. i've always been fascinated by animals. my name is caleb dressle, i'm a swimmer from florida we've had just about every creature you can imagine from lizards, horses, guinea pigs, hamsters which have gotten lost in the house more than once. >> dogs, cats and birds. >> you've got a favorite pet >> yes, my dog james, my first dog i ever had, my best friend a

peter hotez is the dean of the school of tropical medicine at baylor college of medicine. next pandemic." dr. hotez, welcome back. let's start here. the slots are ringing in vegas. people are back in offices. we saw the travel numbers over the weekend. do you find that to be encouraging or does that worry you? >> look, we're definitely going in the right direction, and i think if we can fully vaccinate the american people into the summer, then i think we can look at a really high quality of life. there's a couple of issues, though. one is there's still a considerable amount of transmission in the country, so we're about where we were at this time last year, and then you remember what happened. we let down our guard and there was that massive surge across the southern states that produced that second big peak after the new york peak, and quite honestly, we've got vaccination rates in the southern states that are literally one half that of the north. so, that's a huge issue. so, i think there's a vulnerability there in the southern states that we could still see another fift

peter hotez at baylor college of medicine joins us now.nder nationally, as you see there, about 46% of the country fully vaccinated, higher percentage of adults that are at least partially vaccinated at this point. is the country vaccinated enough to hold off a major outbreak of the delta variant? >> well, it all comes down to where you are in the country. and that's the reality. i called it two covid nations, dr. fauci i think calls it two americas. i think it's a similar idea that what we're seeing, for instance, in vermont and new hampshire, maine, where a high percentage of the population is vaccinated, maybe over 80%, i think that could withstand this delta variant and transmission will be limited. for instance, now in southern missouri where a small percentage of the population is vaccinated and you have the delta variant is probably the highest rate in the country right now, a lot of people are now going into intensive care units. so i think what we have to look at for guidance, i think the cdc's trying too hard to make a one-size-f

rashana bassett, a emergency medicine physician and medical director at baylor college of medicine.just help us understand what the cdc is seeing in their data about adolescents. are adolescents getting sicker, being admitted to the icu more often than they were a year ago? or are we focused on it now more. >> i think what the cdc is really trying to illustrate is although it still remains true that children and adolescents have a lower risk of hospitalization complications and death from covid, low risk does not mean no risk. since the start of this pandemic paidic cases started for 13 to 14% of cases. that number has jumped significantly over the last week. now pediatric cases account for por as adults get more protected to the virus, the virus is in the community looking for a vulnerable host and pediatric patients fit that disruption. >> dr. wahlens ski encouraged parents to get teens vaccinated. if we see a pike in cases in the adolescent group what's the impact on the broader goal of getting to herd immunity or bringing down the case number across the country? >> well, there a

impact is, is have on the media landscape in the region and the work specifically of journalists and baylor's who just has a history of a very strong, independent media. also the reputation of very courageous journalist. and despite that, the crackdown in things over the last year, i think the presidential election, i've mean, but the industry is really quite decimated within better with. there were still some courageous journalists that many have had to flee the country. and many working in the baltic states in poland with independent media doing their best to report and what's going on in the country. and obviously we've seen very graphic report, so they're doing good work. what's needed now is that the government's in the, in europe, including germany, to support that work, more of the work of independent media that they can continue. there's been unequivocal international condemnation and demands to free journalists and allow independent reporting and bellows. but does that really have any effect on lucas shanker? i think obviously is difficult to tell, but i would say probably has, i thi

i was not developed by a professional team as i became a professional athlete i was developed by baylor to become an olympic athlete. as those programs continue to be cut, we're going to find that there's going to be a domino effect of that, a knock-on effect that will ultimately potentially affect our dominance in the olympic medal table just as recently as 2018, you know, we work were very, very close to china. china continues to put more and more money from their government funded programs into their athletic development programs and olympic programs and that's is certainly a threat to the u.s.' dominance we've seen for decades now. >> michael johnson, an hoven to hear from you. thanks so much and go, toss. >>> one athlete to watch in the summer games, swimmer caeleb dressel. at this year's olympic trials he qualified for three event, 553100 meter butterfly and hundred free looking to become the fastest ever to hit the water. >> i have three different animals on my sleeve alligator, black bear and the eagle. they're all native to florida. i've always been fascinated by animal, the wa

russia announcing that they're sending baylor is a 500 million dollar valentine. good job sending the fighter jets to take down a passenger plane so you can arrest and torture a 26-year-old journalist. what else do you need from us to protect you from any consequences of that? biden's mad, the world's mad. don't worry, will take care of here are kind of guy. and not like doing this subtly to shore up lukashenko right? they're bragging about this and bragging about how in your face this is, particularly to president biden ahead of the summit in two weeks. the deputy foreign minister of russia brag to russian state tv that before the summit with biden the americans must assume that a number of signals for moscow must be uncomfortable for them including in the coming days meaning you don't like any of these things heading up for the summit? there's more coming you're not gonna like it. so, i mean obviously here is a challenge from biden and russia for a country. they keep attacking, us attacking our elections in 2016 and in 2020 both times trying to boost the chances

development at texas children's hospital and the dean of the national school of tropical medicine at baylormedicine, dr. peter hotez. dr. hotez, it is great to see you this morning. it's been a while. i love chatting with you and getting your perspective on this because we're concerned. we're looking at this delta variant. the trend is not great. how worried are you about it? >> yeah. brianna, i'm extremely worried because the delta variant is so aggressive in terms of transmission. if we remember when we first talked about the uk variant the b.1.1.7 variant across the british isles that started out of southeast england, we were horrified about how aggressive it was in infecting people, much higher level of transmission. this one the delta is higher than that. and so essentially what's happening is anyone who is unvaccinated is at very high risk now of getting this delta variant. and now it's accounting for the majority of virus isolates from the united kingdom. mother nature is saying this is going to happen in the united states as well. this one is going to dominate and essentially i thin

center for vaccine development, the founding dean of the national school of tropical medicine at baylorlike you've been waving your arms and jumping up and down and warning this could happen if the disinformation about the vaccine wasn't combatted and sadly, that seems to be where we are right now. >> yeah, nicole, and the gap seems to be widening every day. we've nations where we're fully vaccinating new england, the midatlantic states, california, new mexico, all blue or bluish states, and the deep south is vaccinating at about half that rate. so there's a huge vulnerability now to the southern part of the united states, and here's what i'm worried about. if you look at where we were at this time last year, we were at our nadir, and then around the july 4th holiday, we started to see the beginning of this massive surge in the south all through july and august into september that was really devastating. that was our big second wave after the first wave in new york, and i'm worried it's going to happen again. it could happen for two reasons, not only the low vaccination coverage but now

fabulous jobs of packing lunches and thanks to the meal to you program, that was coordinated by the baylor collaborative, more than one million meals were delivered directly to the doorstep of almost nine million children living in arkansas. according to share strength, there was 167% increase by allowing offsite consumption of meals and another way is through the summer electronic benefits program. each child receives a set amount of money that is loaded on to an e.b.t. card. families can shop for kids to make sure their kids get the nutrition they need. this program has been tested for a number of years by the usda. the results have shown that providing a $30 monthly benefit for a child was effective in preventing food insecurity during the summer and can lead to positive changes in children's nutritional outcomes through the consumption of healthy foods. this way we can ensure children receive healthy foods throughout the summer. the pandemic has shown the success of this program and the offsite and e.b.t. can use to feed children. i want to commend the volunteers and staff on the front

so that is the author and activist skyler baylor, the first transgender athlete on an american collegiateto look for agreement. so, tomorrow, keeping in mind the harmonious spirit of the constitution i will propose to the cabinet to grant clemency to the nine business. —— prisoners. guy hedgecoe is in madrid and explained how significant this announcement is. mr sanchez has been talking about this decision for some weeks now and we have been expecting him to make this decision in favour of approving the patterns but the right—wing opposition has been very fiercely opposing the idea of these pardons saying that the nine prisoners who he plans to part and should serve out the entirety of their sentences which run from nine to 13 years. they say that the severity of the kind that they committed, they were found guilty of, which is sedition, is such that they should serve out the sentences. and the opposition also says that pedro sanchez is only doing this because he needs the support of a number of catalan nationalists in the spanish parliament in order to keep his government together, in or

and baylor, rich dw reporter released from prison just hours ago, says he was tortured. well in custody is among several others that human rights say, were arrested on false charges. also coming out, germany downgraded grown up virus risk assessment. it's been labeled very high since early december. now it's simply a high risk level. but health officials caution people should not relax their attitude toward the pandemic. once peru revises its official copays $900.00 debts, whole upward by a stunning amount. official say your criteria are in effect and the country now has the worst death rate in the world and rejected ethnic groups in the maybe say the amount of money germany has agreed to pay for. it admitted genocide in the colonial era is an affront to their existence ah and a warm welcome to our viewers around the world. mike local. bailey ridge continues to face international pressure from its crackdown on journalists among them. d. w reporter, alexander book ralph. he was just released after serving a 20 day sentence during which he says he was tortured. he w. news