in this video that's gone viral on twitter the protest came after president donald trump race columbus india's independence day speech activists say the explorer committed genocide against the indigenous peoples of the americas. us rapper kanye west has taken to twitter to announce his intention to join the 2020 presidential race saying here with his wife reality star kim cut dashin west has been a supporter of republican president donald trump but it's not yet clear how serious west is about his white house run. italy has authorized the rescue vessel ocean viking to disembark 118 rescued migrants in sicily the ship will arrive in the italian port on monday after the migrants have been tested for the corona virus the decision comes a day after the ship declared an emergency when several migrants attempted to commit suicide. mexico's coronavirus death toll has risen to more than 30000 and the figure puts mexico past france as the country with the world's 5th highest toll the milestone was reached as the capital mexico city returned to strict lockdown after a week of easing precautions against t

christopheher columbus landed ia caribbbbean island that he thout was india.e thought it was his dying breath. he never stepped foot on the continent that later became the united states of america thomas a why he is celelebrated as the figure has to do with the fact he enslaved, raped, tortured indigenous people. he himself was a genocidor. that is a legacy that someday like trump wantsts to uphohold n he is creating these monument statues or issuing executive orders for the protection of the so-called heritage of this country. conquest heheritage of and theft. amy: nick estes, thank you for being with us citizen of the , a lower brule sioux tribe, is an assistant professor of american studies a at the university of new mexico. we come back, go to egypt for an exclusive interview. stay with us. ♪ [music break] amy: ennio morricone's "theme of ali" from the battle of algiers. morricone passed away today at the age of 91. this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. we turn now to egypt where coronavirus infections are con

columbus. we are in a world as if america did not exist. this is so weird. when you see the world from europe or again from indiafrom hong kong, or from ukraine where i was recently or from kurdistan, you have the impression that america withdrew so much that she's no longer an actor anymore. and the result, those bad guys, those human rights offenders who are putin, xi jinping and iranian leadership and isis and others move forward, where are they? moving forward more and more. and they take advantage of the pandemic to move on and on. >> and personally, when you look at it, bernard, as somebody who's taught a lot about philosophy and moral philosophy, has this pandemic brought out the best in human beings, the worst in human beings? has it made us more selfish, more aware of the plight of others? how do you see it? >> alas, i would say that selfishness has increased. it is evident for those who deny the pandemic. they don't care about the deaths, which is the biggest selfishness possible. they don't care. protection has to continue and they send the dead to hell. but on the other side, i see in these safe bubb