and i'm now joined by dr mary stephen she's with the w.h.o. regional office for africa welcome to date on the news africa dr stephen most schools in africa remain closed how how disastrous could it be for children if this doesn't change. there are reports of increasing learns and expose exploitation for kids including a child who played nancy and as you know enough it doesn't look door schools. are you receive a musin school when to get one less stay at home to use out of this news which would. so yes ask does not condone it's impacting on the economy it is also impacting on that should do it out of school negatively. dr stephen a lot of authorities in different countries have made the case that that some schools are just not fit to reopen crowded classrooms the lack of sanitation isn't that a case for not reopening schools. so what we advise in is for countries to do their research assistant to look at situations in school. that is difficult to remain in. and. if you don't buy off today and in classes governments need to look at alternative i

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. >> when did mary todd date stephen douglas? >> it would depend when she was 20, 22. he was in illinois and they all were in the same circle. even lincoln and douglas a been in the same circle and their young. i love to take a time when she was a young girl because the so much sadness in her later life we can to think of as an older woman who lost three of her four children, of the 41 died at three, little willie died in the middle of the civil war at ten. our youngest son died in 18 and she was eventually into an assignment by her oldest son robert because he didn't think she was stable enough to live on her own. when lincoln first met her when she was dating stephen douglas she was feisty conversations, well educated, she looked poetry and politics which is unusual for a young woman at the time. there is a wonderful story when lincoln first saw her he came up to her seeing her with all her bows stretched around, mary, i would love to dance with you in the worst way. she laughingly said he certainly did. he was rather awkward i think. >> after they were married she s

stable enough but when she was dating stephen douglas a feisty conversationalist and educated and love politics and poetry. there is a wonderful story when lincoln first saw her said mary i would love to dance with you in the worst way and she said he certainly did it was awkward. [laughter] >>host: she said she considered stephen douglas to be the little little giant next to my husband who towers over douglas even physically. >> she said that during the 18 fifties when he would be not only the opponent in the senate race but in 60 for the presidential race. stephen douglas was short so he was called the little giant because he had a big heart on - - a big head. but she believed very early on she was his partner, she had faith in him i don't think he needed her to have ambition. because ever since that would have carried him through even if he never married anybody. >>host: did have dealings with stephen douglas as president? >> yes. afterwords once the war had started douglas was close to dying that he came to the white house and offered complete services saying this is not a time for partisanship and that's a moment to remember because that's the last time they saw e

she was dating stephen douglas, she was feisty, well educated. she loved poetry and politics. there's this wonderful story when lincoln first saw her, he came up to her, marywould love to dance with you in the worst way. and she laughingly said, he certainly did. it was rather awkward. >> host: but after they were married, he considered stephen douglas to be a little, little giant by the side of my tall kentucky husband who towers over him just as he does physically. >> guest: she said that during the period of the 1850s when he was going to be not only the opponent for the senate race, but in 1860 as well for the presidential race x. he had been called -- epstein douglas -- steven douglas was short and had a huge held and was very, very smart. but i think mary believed in lincoln early on which is really quite something. historians have been unkind to her in a lot of ways, but she was his partner. she had faith in him. i don't think he needed her to give him ambition as some people have suggest. he had all the ambition in the world because ever since he was young, he wanted to accomplish something so so worthy that his story would be told after he died. t