let's get the thoughts now of a daniel schorr he's a professor of latin american studies at the city university of new york very welcome thanks for coming on the dan why is geopolitics taking priority over something that could save lives do you think. it through this is deeply unsettling to use vaccines as political football to further. demon urns of russia this is part of this new cold war against china against russia now it's articulating itself. seen more there's already a diplomatic war you know you logical war in an economic war on china on russia on any country that opposes u.s. unipolarity so i think we have to analyze it within that this context that they want to keep brazil in their part in the a sphere of influence in other even using vaccines to do that to the great detriment of the brazilian people including close friends of mine or we were asked to call them in brazil is our just one it is it in brazil was interesting particularly the president's interests there to back to this pressure considering you know the situation that is countries in and the fact that they've got one of the

i live now to daniel schorr city university of new york professor of latin american and caribbean studies welcome back to r.t. so the same breath we got washington saying the sanctions have failed but then they'll stay in place anyway what do you think the thinking behind that is thanks karl and this is an important political lesson that whether it's by the trial or 'd clinton is the same and. unwavering or against the venezuelan people this is collective punishment on 30000000 people of venezuela because they are strong against imperialism against the force recon issacson a big country and we've seen 5 and a half 1000000 venezuelans who've been forced to leave their own land because of the sanctions and basically with the by the ministration is during this saying that they're going to continue till punish the everyday people of venezuela. what about that offer of temporary legal residency for up to $320000.00 venezuelans currently in the u.s. it's a humanitarian gesture expects to. suspect something political behind yet this is certainly politicized immigration policy they did the same t

the soft tactile sensor was developed from city university of hong kong.bot to thread a needle with sensor on its grip. we've seen foldable phones and now it's time for rollable phones, expandable phones? i'm not exactly sure what we're calling this format yet, but it's the first time i got my hands on a real working of it. you just swipe here on the power button and the screen goes from 6.7 inches to a 7.4 inch tablet. like a folding phone, the point is to combine the convenience of a regular—sized smartphone with a bigger screen of a tablet, so if you're working or watching a movie, you can switch to that bigger screen, and oppo says it's experimenting with letting the motor stop at any point of the expansion so that the screen can adapt to fit any kind of video. now, i think they've done quite an elegantjob of this. you just swipe up on the power button and the phone opens up. and swipe down on the power button to close it again. there is a little bit of motor noise, which you can hear in a quiet room, but i don't think it is too distracting. and obviou

the soft tactile sensor was developed from city university of hong kong.t to thread a needle with sensor on its grip. we've seen foldable phones and now it's time for rollable phones, expandable phones? i'm not exactly sure what we're calling this format yet, but it's the first time i got my hands on a real working of it. you just swipe here on the power button and the screen goes from 6.7 inches to a 7.4 inch tablet. like a folding phone, the point is to combine the convenience of a regular—sized smartphone with a bigger screen of a tablet, so if you're working or watching a movie, you can switch to that bigger screen, and oppo says it's experimenting with letting the motor stop at any point of the expansion so that the screen can adapt to fit any kind of video. now, i think they've done quite an elegantjob of this. you just swipe up on the power button and the phone opens up. and swipe down on the power button to close it again. there is a little bit of motor noise, which you can hear in a quiet room, but i don't think it is too distracting. and obviousl

jane martinson is a professor ofjournalism at city university, and was the guardian's media editor.we were on the zoom call, you were on a phone call which terrified me slightly. who were you talking to and did it have to do with journalism? it was, i was actually talking to the guardian opinion desk, which i had written a piece about the aforementioned piers morgan and his departure from gmb. just give us a quick take, the top line. the top line was that it's, you know, outrage sells, and the row over freedom of expression overnight shows that what it is about impartiality, and piers has made himself the story, and it's amazing how many times it has all become about piers morgan. but it sort of says that at this particular time, when we've got these two new entrants — i know we'll hear from one of them later in the programme — this is a really important time for the british media scene to think about what public service broadcasting means, and impartiality, and how we will protect that and whether we want to. absolutely, absolutely. that's a marvellous answer, you set up the show,

unionists donna carney is the director of research at the school of law and government at dublin city university explains our concerns around the northern ireland protocol could widen briefs at all levels. the british government is presenting this is something technical that is simply having teething problems with the provision of goods and services between britain and northern ireland which are both of course part of the united kingdom there are many however in the european union and indeed here in ireland who suspect that perhaps this is something political that this is hungering to elements within the british conservative party and the g.d.p. in northern ireland who are on hockey with this northern ireland protocol which is a part of the the whole agreement that breaks that agreement and i think it's the fact that this is only expected that this was on herald it's i think the economy herm's that you are managing the european union indeed an art and that is a johnson that government does is an unpredictable government it's a moderate government and it's one that cannot be trusted to keep the c

bruce y lee is a professor of health policy and management at the city university of new york.ense of the supply chain issues, what has gone wrong? chain issues, what has gone wron: ? , , chain issues, what has gone wronu? , , ., , chain issues, what has gone wronu? , , ., chain issues, what has gone wronu? ,, ., , wrong? this is really a result ofthe wrong? this is really a result of the fact, _ wrong? this is really a result of the fact, the _ wrong? this is really a result of the fact, the coordination | of the fact, the coordination among the different countries around the world in terms of producing the vaccine and how it's going to be distributed, the supply chains, i think we are seeing the effects. if you recall throughout 2020, countries were making separate deals with different manufacturers, rather than coming together. that would have increased leveraged in negotiating when dealing with the manufacturers, to make sure they could hit their targets. and co—ordinating where those vaccines would go. and i think we are seeing the result of the lack of that planning.— lac

and i direct the international reporting concentration in the new markets go journalism at the city university of new york and i am also the author of a book on syria the home that was our country and i write about syria as a country and wherever its people have gone to most recently i have a series that runs the new york times magazine about the same syrian refugees that i traveled with from greece to to northern europe and i've been following their lives for the past 6 years and plan to for the next 4 thank you so much and if you watch it on you tube you know what you can do we have a comment section you can jump right into the comments section and be part of today's program at dot to you said you were in syria just recently if you could give us a sense of where is the conflict right now what did you see that would say that syria is tied. to a conflict. well syria is still in crisis it's still in conflict and fortunately the 6000000 refugees are still refugees in the neighboring countries and lebanon in jordan in turkey on iraq and other places there is a large number of properties in europe

before joining the faculty at the city university of new york. she taught in palermo and rome. betty is the author of a number of books including first ladies the ever-changing role which will be talking about tonight lady bird and linden the hidden story of a marriage that made a president the roosevelt women and inside the white house. she currently resides in new york city and sometimes although not now in venice italy. welcome betty. thank you very much. good to be here colleen terrific. well, i know our audience is really looking forward to this conversation. so we're gonna have a brief back and forth and then we'll go to plenty of questions from our audience. at the beginning of your book you discussed the role of the early first ladies and how they set important precedents. can you elaborate on those early first? ladies women such as martha washington abigail adams and dolly madison and how they influenced the role. yes, as we know there was nothing in the constitution about what the wife of the president should do. so those decisions made at the very beginning were extr

joining me now discuss is phillip nell, professor at kansas city university.ren's books including annotated cat under the hat of seuss and his cats and was the cat in the hat black, the need itfor diverse books. doctor, why are we having this conversation now as compared to years prior? >> well, a couple reasons. in reference to your last section, we need to tell the truth and this is an excellent time to tell the truth. if we don't tell the truth about race and racism in america, we'll make the same mistakes again. as for right now, i think we need diverse books movement has accelerated focus on the need for diverse books, the need to challenge racism in books, that is a movement that is much older, but i think that it has brought it into focus in recent years. and i think also the intersection of we need diverse books with black lives matter has brought into focus the need to raise a new generation that is not as damaged by the follies of racism as the current generation is. >> i referenced in the intro that he passed in 1991 and i showed the images from mul

wesleyan university has the malcolm x house. mit has chocolate city. vegas hosts race-based housing. >> schools have segregated dorms for asians, latinos, pretty much every group you can think of. at first i was offends the that other people wouldn't want to live with me. until i remembered way was like in college. a total mess. i wouldn't want to live with me either. yale has a separate orientation for non-white students. yale has deans for each separate ethnic group. schools have segregated staff training and networking programs. from orientation to dorm life to student centers to graduation can be completely segregated if you want it to be. last year a black student at the university of virginia demanded white students leave the campus diversity center. >> frankly, there are too many white people in here. this is for people of color. it makes some of us feel uncomfortable when we see too many white people in here. there is a whole university for you to be at and very few seats for us. jesse: a whites only caucus was planned to take place at elon univ

kupp over back on who's the director of research at the school of law and government at dublin city university thank you very much for speaking to us so as john has said there are a unilateral move by the u.k. what exactly is it doing here by extending the rules exemption on trade across the irish sea and who are they doing it for is there any justification for this. well the british government is presenting this is something technical that is simply having teething problems with the provision of goods and services between britain and northern ireland which are both of course part of the united kingdom there are many however in the european union and indeed here in ireland who suspect that perhaps this is something political that this is pandering to elements within the british conservative party and the do you peon northern ireland who are on happy with this northern ireland protocol which is a part of the the whole agreement that breaks that agreement and i think it's the fact that this is only expected that this was on the herald yes i think that it confirms the view from many in the europe

executive producer for caixin global and a visiting professor of media diversity at birmingham city university is also the author of "access all areas: the diversity manifesto for tv and beyond." >> nawaz: marcus ryder, welcome to the "newshour," and thanks for making the time. obviously huge ratin here, massive interest in this interview. what about in the u.k.? how is last night's interview resonating over there? >> one of the important reactions is the fact that the reactions have been so different and so contrasting. people are falling into two camps, and there are some people feel this is an opportunity to really talk about race and racism, and there are some people who feel this has nothing to do wth race and we shouldn't be taking about racism. so i think it has split and exposed attitudes towards certain elements in british society. >> nawaz: so some of the racism that meghan markle has faced early in her relationship to prince harry was sort of evident in the t tabloids and the coverage of her. among the more shocking revelations was that it was sort of overt racism she faced in the r

. >> joining us right now, a black-studies professor at birmingham city university.surprised by all of this. were you surprised, over there? >> absolutely not. but unfortunately, i think a lot of british people were because there is this huge denialism in the uk when it comes to the presence of racism. it's kind of suppressed. you are told that you are imagining it. the rest of the world seen it for what it is. and yeah, now that it's out there for everyone to see, i just hope things start to change. >> on that note, we have seen a racial reckoning here in the u.s., deaths of ahmaud arbery, george floyd, breonna taylor. the list goes on. has that traveled, at all, to the uk? and do you see this interview as continuing the conversation? >> well, it is a year since breonna taylor and i am not sure we have had a racial reckoning because no charges have been filed. nothing's really happened in that case. i think this interview is a reminder just how deep-seated racism is. and how it really hasn't changed that much. and we kind of picked up on that in the uk because they

cities and a ph. d. in american culture from the university of michigan. she is the coauthor of six books and numerous articles on the black freedom struggle and the contemporary politics of race in the united states. her latest book, for which she will be reading, works as a corrective to the popular iconography of parks as a quiet seamstress with one single act. she was a civil rights radical who thought to expose and eradicate the american racial caste system in jobs, schools, public services, and criminal justice. help me welcome doctor jeanne theoharis. [applause] [applause] [applause] >> i so delighted to be here. my book came out last weekend it would not have been possible without the help and support and division of many, many people, including many people here in montgomery who talked to me, who pointed me towards materials and archives. and many people in detroit did the same thing and we're committed to telling a bigger, broader story, not just of rosa parks, but have a life of being rebellious, as she would put it. i am tremendously grateful t

we'll look beyond national governments to the private sector, civil society, philanthropies, cities, and universitiesverse, broad-based cooperation is essential to protecting the global commons -- those resources that all people have a right to share and benefit from, and which are now being encroached upon by our adversaries. consider 5g, where china's technology brings serious surveillance risks. we should bring together tech companies from countries like sweden, finland, south korea, the united states, and use public and private investment to foster a secure and trustworthy alternative. we've spent decades developing relationships with countries that share our values in every part of the globe. this is why we invested so much in these partnerships -- so we can come together in innovative ways to solve new challenges like these. to any who doubt what we can achieve when we work together in this way, i'd point to the unprecedented cooperation by scientists who shared hundreds of viral genome sequences across institutions and borders, research that was indispensable to the discovery of several safe,

wesleyan university has a malcolm x house, black students of brown university have around the house. mit has chocolate cityvegas. ♪♪ >> these are cool. jesse: schools have segregated dorms for asians, latinos, pretty much every group you can think of. at first i was a little offended others wouldn't want to live with me until i remember what it was like in college, total mess and i wouldn't want to live with me either but it's not just where you live.. yale has a separate orientation for nonwhite students. yale has deans for each separate ethnic group. schools have segregated staff training, networking programs. for your college experience from orientation to dorm life to extracurriculars to student centers, graduation to be completely segregated if you want to be. last year, a black student at the university of virginia demanded white students leave the campus diversity center. >> there are just too many white people in here it's a space for people of color. you're taking up. space some of us feel uncomfortable when there's too many white people in here. there's a whole university for all of you to be at.

we found that particularly the cities and universities, there is an absolute need for them to modernizecompete on a global level. we are finding huge amounts of new projects to invest in. putting much every major city. -- pretty much every major city. we have a project with oxford university to modernize oxford. what a fantastic challenge to work on. finally oxford and cambridge -- m.i.t. and harvard and stanford have been leading the world in innovation and science. other universities are beginning to catch up now. all the great research we have had, they are realizing we have to commercialize that research. americans have created this unbelievable model we are copying in the u.k. right now. we are investing in the physical infrastructure. that is a problem for america because i think if you travel the world, you will know the u.k. has very strong infrastructure. some comparisons. america has realized we have got to catch up should we have got to -- to catch up. we have got to accelerate investments in life sciences and renewable energy and stop thinking these things are not going to h

ted is a distinguished lecture at the macaulay honors program at the city university of new york and has been a contributor to such publications as the washington post and the new yorker and well as the new york times for the times he edited the collection of online civil war cesquare centennial essays called disunion. and just two weeks ago. he wrote a beautiful times op-ed essay on the indirect number between james buchanan and abraham lincoln in 1860 and 1861. that op-ed was drawn from his new book lincoln on the verge 13 days to washington, which you i hope you see over one of my shoulders. i this one i'm not gonna try to guess which one that is. it's a riveting account of the great succession winter. focusing not only on lincoln but on his surroundings. kind of a railroad passenger. i view of the north as lincoln slowly made his way from springfield and washington to become the most looked at president in american history up to that time. so it ted i'm going to lead the conversation and then in around. at around 11 11 15. we will we will go to the q&a, but we'll have a good long

agreement naca all back on is the direct tell research at the school of law and government at dublin city university explains how concerns around the northern ireland protocol could widen the refs at all levels. the british government is presenting this is something technical that is simply having teething problems with the provision of goods and services between britain and northern ireland which are both of course part of the united kingdom there are many however in the european union and indeed here in ireland who suspect that perhaps this is something political that this is pandering to elements within the british conservative party and the g.d.p. in northern ireland who are on hockey with this northern ireland protocol which is a part of the the whole 'd agreement to break that agreement and i think it's the fact that this is only expected that this was on the herald it's i think it can firmly that you are many in the european union indeed an ardent that is a johnson that government does is an unpredictable government it's a moderate government and it's one that cannot be trusted to keep the co

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ted is a distinguished lecturer at the city university in new york. he has been a contributor to such publication such as the washington post and the new yorker. and the new york times. and the times he edited the collection of the centennial essays call the union. he wrote a beautiful op-ed essay on james be cannon and abraham lincoln in 1860 and 1861. that op-ed was drawn from his new book. lincoln on the verge. 13 days to washington that i hope you see over one of my soldiers. i'm not going to try to guess which one that is. it's a riveting account of winter, not just focusing on him but his surroundings. a real road passenger in the north as he made his way from being springfield to washington to become the most looked at president in history after that time. i am going to lead the conversation. at around 11, 11:15, we will go to the queue and a we have a long time to talk. i'm asking the obvious question which we alluded to a few minutes ago, picture us in the midst of a presidential transition that feels different. a big block says that the elec

she's a political science professor at brooklyn college at the city of university of new york. the rosa parks museum of montgomery, alabama hosted this event in 2013. it's just over an hour. >> good evening. director of troy university rosa parks museum. on behalf of the chancellor, the faculty, student body, i welcome you to our campus. i want to ask you a question -- very glad you're here. how were you politicized? i want you to think

before joining the faculty at the city university of new york. she taught in palermo and rome. betty is the author of a number of books including first ladies the ever-changing role which will be talking about tonight lady bird and linden the hidden story of a marriage that made a president the roosevelt women and inside the white house. she currently resides in new york city and sometimes although not now in venice italy. welcome betty. thank you very much. good to be here colleen terrific. well, i knour

the ensemble includes the paulino the university church its reconstruction closer so wounded the city. because the east german leadership blew up its historic precess or building in 1968. the university of life issue is the 2nd oldest university in germany it was founded in 1409 new and old are combined in a fascinating way the university is now each jurisdiction. since the fall of the berlin wall the people from life that can travel all over the world for example to south america by the way i like to go there too and now live here is going to show you a very special place over there the city of la paz in bolivia. it was like i mean here from the path taken the day off to show you the fab sights in my city. is there wasn't we're here in the old town on the plus some you find bolivia's political hot our parliament and right next door the presidential palace. and 3640 meters altitude has is the highest seat of government in the world out of the room. is there like oh this is the kind you hang from the 16th century it's narrow and cobblestoned in the colonial style much has been preserve

the soft tactile centre was developed from city hull university hong kong, dexterous and gentle handlingnow it's time for rollerball phones, expandable phones, i'm not exactly sure what we're calling this format yet but it's the first time i got my hands on a real working of it. swipe on the power button and the screen goes from 6.7 inches to a 7.4 inch tablet. like a folding phone the point is to combine the convenience of a regular sized smartphone with a bigger screen of a tablet so if you are working or watching a movie you can switch to the bigger screen and oppo says they are experimenting with letting the motor stop at any point of the expansion so that the screen can adapt to fit any kind of video. i think i've done an elegantjob, you swipe up done an elegantjob, you swipe up on the power button and the phone opens up and swiped down on the power button to close it again. it is of little bit of motor noise which you can hear in a quiet room but i do not think it is too distracting and obviously i've tried squeezing the phone to force the motor and when you do that, the motor just

lines and look beyond national governments to the private sector civil society philanthropies cities and universities diverse broad based cooperation is essential to protecting the global commons those resources that all people have a right to share and benefit from and which are now being encroached upon by our adversaries consider 5 g. or china's technology bring serious surveillance risks we should bring together tech companies from countries like sweden finland south korea the united states and use public and private investment to foster a secure and trustworthy alternative we spent decades developing relationships with countries that share our values in every part of the globe this is why we invest so much in these partnerships so we can come together in innovative ways to solve due challenges like these to any who doubt what we can achieve when we work together in this way. i point to the unprecedented cooperation by scientists who shared hundreds of viral genome sequences across institutions and borders research that was indispensable to the discovery of several safe effective covert 1000 vacc

since last spring, in the 27 cities tracked by princeton university's eviction lab, nearly 250,000 tenants evicted. "retro report," a non-profit organization, wanted to know how that's happening, and to whom. they went to richmond, virginia, a city with one of the nation's highest eviction rates, to look for answers. brian palmer reports. >> reporter: in his first days as president, joe biden issued a flurry of orders and announcements on a range of issues-- immigration, pandemic relief, education. less noticed were his administration's moves to deal with another national problem, that of evictions. >> this cannot be who we are as a country. we cannot let people be evicted because of nothing they did themselves. >> reporter: announcing that the c.d.c.'s eviction moratorium would be extended by at least two months. that moratorium, which is not a blanket ban, has slowed eviction filings in cities like richmond-- but it hasn't stopped them. >> i had been diagnosed with coronavirus. so, i stayed quarantined in the house. when i first got the eviction notice i was in the bed. >> reporter: ezek

. ♪♪ ♪♪ >>> a universal income study in stockton is paying off. the cityd results of a pilot program that may help mother people in the bay area make it. 125 people were given an extra $500 a month for two years. the cash was unconditional, no strings attached with no work requirements to get the money. the study found that people spent the money on basic needs like food, utilities and home goods. several cities are discussing launching their own universal basic income plan, including san francisco, south san francisco and oakland. >>> a standing ovation today for a newborn baby and her mother. there she goes. when maria was four months pregnant, her heart stopped, and doctors used a special machine to bring her back. so when she and the baby went home today, people had reason to celebrate. maria doesn't really remember much. >> i don't remember anything. i woke up and i'm already cut up. >> she was out for about a week and, you know, there was nothing but bad news until the doctor came along and introduced us to the ecmo. >> you know, we got the call. so

the powerful blast have shaken not just the city but the entire country. 5 hospitals and universities in the largest city and gone there are also reports they've arrested hundreds of people involved in protesting last month's military coup despite those protesters continue to defy a violent crackdown. hundreds more in the city of da way on monday after a coalition of labor unions called for a large scale general strike un says more than 50 people have died in the protests so far. off the very latest let's bring in journalists min time. in the yang gong tell us more shooting reported there overnight what can you tell us yeah so what we saw for knight was a targeting national league for democracy which is a former ruling party are there members as well as activists and people who are involved in the civil society or civil disobedience movement we also have new reporting and very recently there have been violent crackdowns on protests that are ongoing today on international women's day as well as this as part of the general strike and the protest movement and at least one more protester

large city here in this country planning to put a universal basic income program in place. now you were part of the announcement today. how big a difference do you think this is going to make for those 600 families selected in the city of oakland? are those 600 families is going to make a world of difference. it may be the difference between getting dentures or not, as we saw in the stocking pilot and maybe the difference of being scared, stuck and a part time job or being able to take a day off for two days off. to interview for a full time job, but we saw and stocked and it's the difference between being able to make sure you're caught up on rent before you fiction. marin terms expire, ex cetera, so i think it's a great day for the 600 families into. look at the leadership of the mayor, mayor shaft and council member taylor, i think it's also a guinea a tragedy. i've been telling people that the fact that we're doing so many pilots that were literally having to raise money to ensure that fellow americans and our citizens have the basic necessities. meteo live so just to me