mexico city used to be a city of lakes. it was like the venice of america, and the aztecs had a very, very sophisticated water management system, but the war with the spanish destroyed everything. they somehow were determined to recreate madrid. so they decided to drain the valley of mexico. so mexico city is now a big flat concrete wilderness, but this land is very flood prone. - and therein lies the irony in all of this. while mexico city is running dry, it also receives an unbelievable amount of rain, making it extremely vulnerable to flooding. picture this: during the rainy season, mexico city gets one and a half times more rain than london does in an entire year. that's a lot of water. but it heads straight into the sewers, and that's not the only problem. mexico city is on a very soft ground, because it was a lake, so the city sinks very quickly. parts of mexico city today sink 40 centimetres a year. really? yeah, which is mind-boggling. and the aquifer which is further down, what we depend on, is just very, very quic

central american countries also suffered injuries in the shipping state. manuel repel has more from mexico city. and there is a warning that some of images are quite disturbing. a horrifying scene in southern mexico, dozens of body scattered on the side of the road after a truck, reportedly carrying more than 100 people in its cargo container flipped on its side, was a hooker, norman. fortunately, the reaction ramos delusions, red cross fire fighters, he reproduction was really fast. we hoped other people taken to the gomez must a hospital to suncrest over and 2 other hospitals will be able to recover. emergency responders could be seen pulling bodies from the wreck. authorities believe most, if not all of the victims are migrants from central america money. for concord, i can go to some of them told us they were from on dude us of all ages. sadly, we already have some debts, mexico's president, under this manuel lopez over to the wood, offered his sympathies and condolences to the families of the victims over twitter . national immigration observers say, accidents like these are not uncommon i

but as manuel rep hello reports for mexico city, the long wait is often leading to frustration. and in some cases, violence ah, a migrant camp in acapulco, mexico, disoriented and exhausted. many seem unsure of why they're here or where they might be sent next. settlement eva e, mid hitler county. i was brought here and they told me they would give me a job. they promised me a dream, but it wasn't delivered. welcome. many, at this camp or from central america, haiti, and elsewhere on the american continent. they were brought here by immigration authorities enforcing a strategy of relocating migrants to various mexican cities. relocating migrants is one of the most recent policy changes by the mexican government. mexico is also re adopting old policies like the controversial migrant protection protocols which force us asylum seekers to remain in mexico while their cases are heard. in u. s. court. mexico's president has defended the changes saying he's focused on ensuring a more orderly flow of migration. nancy rama is, is, it's a program that will allow us to continue to care for

truck when it overturned in the southern state of us, mama rap low is following developments from mexico city. a small roadside vigil in southern mexico residence from the city of dukes in chiapas state paying their respects to at least 55 central american migrants who were killed in a vehicle accident on thursday. the rescue workers a see the out pouring of support for the survivors of the crash has been massive his last night it was known. we had 34 in your, in my grants here. and that there are people who are only carrying what they are wearing. unfortunately, right, no, not even their clothes are in good condition due to the accident, locals joining to the ne, healing materials, groceries and food authorities in southern mexico, say the accident occurred when a truck carrying as many as 200 people crammed into its cargo space flipped on its side scattering men, women and children across the road. more than 100 people were injured many seriously. although others say it could have been much worse. said the only thing, god, nothing serious happened. i only have a broken arm, but at least i a

the violent confrontations are becoming more common like this when in the outskirts of mexico city. on sunday were riot. police tried to corral a migrant caravans and incidents involving large scale people. smuggling are also on the rise. last week, a truck carrying as many as 200 migrants crammed into its cargo space, flipped on its side in southern mexico. at least 55 people were killed. let me get on to the jim brown. if those were those ice that lay perfectly migrants have always been exposed to dangers, like sex trafficking, organ trafficking, etc. but what is happening now? the government's rhetoric is about protecting migrants and creating order. but the reality is they are leaving migrant to fend for themselves under vulnerable circumstances. i would say the government is free victimizing migraines with us and mexican officials say they're committed to addressing the root causes of migration and to protecting migrants. but international human rights organizations insist countries in the region must do more to guaranteed that migrant rights are not violated. monroe up a low a

a vaccination site in mexico city, in increase in coven, 19 cases linked to the holiday season, has also led to a rise in the number of people seeking the jap. unless it doesn't, would i feel safe about everything because of the support that the government is giving us what we believe that everything is going to be all right, because of the vaccine. but mexico isn't the only country in the region. stepping up vaccination efforts with the army kron corona virus. very it identified in almost a dozen latin american countries. a new push for contagion prevention is underway in brazil, which just a year ago, was considered the epicenter of the pandemic in south america. vaccine drives have become among the most successful in the world. i wish people to president by who, despite the fact that the president of the republic is one of the most vocal leaders against the vaccine. in brazil, the brazilian population is already used to many vaccination campaigns and is being massively vaccinated stuff. despite a long struggle to launch national vaccine programs, recent data suggests that south americ

i. reporter mine your rob palo has more from mexico city. a horrifying scene in southern mexico, dozens of body scattered on the side of the road after a truck, reportedly carrying more than 100 people in its cargo container, flipped on its side, recovered from the element of fortunately, the reaction promote the 2 ships, red cross fire fighters, he re, protection was really fast. we hoped that people taken to the gomez must a host be felt. gustavo and 2 other hospitals will be able to recover. emergency responders could be seen pulling bodies from the wreck. authorities believe most, if not all of the victims or migrants from central america, money for conquered are going to, some of them told us they were from one good us of all ages. sadly, we already have some debts, mexico's president, under this manuel lopez over the lord offered his sympathies and condolences to the families of the victims over twitter. national immigration observers say, accidents like these are not uncommon in southern mexico. experts say policy, enforced by the mexi

john homer applesauce from mexico city. ah christmas is approaching in mccardle there her micah, one of latin america's biggest flower markets. and one plant in particular is the star of the show. the not ship when it takes its name from the spanish for christmas eve. it's endemic to mexico and it's color means it's become synonymous with the festive season. the government estimates that about $20000000.00 plants grown a year for a deep christmas isn't the same without it. we met her, she snapped up more than 10 bouquets. when appleautomotive, apart from the fact that it's pretty and joyous, it helps the people that grow it. to me it's a really important falla, that means a lot at this time of year the us takes, could it quit le such a tool and used it to control fevers and heart conditions. but it was when the us ambassador joelle point set fell in love with it. it took several plots back to the u. s. that it really became popular. now in english, the flowers cool poinsettia off the him. and it's all over mexico city as th

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john holman out is eda mexico city. now bruce springsteen has reportedly $500000000.00 rich after selling his entire back catalogue of songs to sony. music legend u. s. singer songwriter joined the lights of bob dylan and paul simon caching in on compositions. from his glory days. dale includes 15 times platinum albums, born in the usa, as well as 19 more studio albums containing of a $300.00, which is springsteen songs. so now joining via skype from york. my brian hyatt, a senior writer for rolling stone magazine and author of bruce springsteen. stories behind the songs of course is not just springsteen as it we also mentioned bob dylan there and others like paul simon, i think also she care a why are we seeing an increasing number of artists selling off the rights there? what particularly in the past couple of years? well, i think there's 2 main factors. one is that there's a burgeoning market for the valuations are to all time high. there's companies convinced that these assets are incredibly viable. that's a and b.

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out is eda mexico city. ah, this is azure. let's get a round up of the top story u. s. president joe biden is wanting unvaccinated americans about what he calls a winter of severe illness and death is appealing for more people to get pushed to jobs. here for a tier now as ready as going to increase for on vaccinated. we are looking at a winter of severe illness and death unvaccinated for themselves, their families and the hosp.

he's standing by for the mexico city and manuel and basically all because obviously worry is not just several continents around the world, but latin america as well. and the america's ada as a whole. but it's been doing quite a good job in getting it's population's vaccinated, considering had such a darrel death toll during 2020 the vaccination rate certainly is a silver lining here, especially when you consider where latin america was as a whole compared to just one year ago. now there are warnings, there are concerns over what is now being seen as the coming 4th wave here in mexico and in the rest of latin america. there are almost a dozen countries where all micron has officially been been registered. but according to these figures from our world in data of south america, specifically countries in south america, the continent itself is now considered the most vaccinated in the world. when you look at brazil, for example, where again, just a year ago was considered if not the epicenter of the world at the very least, the at the center of the pandemic for latin america, the president

here in mexico, the accident itself took place just outside of the city of duke's law, which just to give you an idea is about 300 kilometers north of mexico's border with guatemala and the head of civil protection from the city of troops. le, basically put it this way so that this was a truck that was speeding down the highway when it took a band on the road and flipped over and again, the result was 55 casualties. but what we're hearing as well is that there were anywhere between 10200 people crammed in the back of that truck. so it leaves very little room for doubt that this was the, what we're talking about. here's a case of people smuggling, possibly a case of human trafficking now. so my witnesses said that they saw many people flee the scene. people, survivors who got up, many of them were injured, covered in blood, fleeing the scene, presumably out of fear that they might be captured by immigration authority. so again, many people here folks who are paying very close attention to changing immigration policies in mexico, pointing to to a policy of containment that's forcing man

let's bring in manuel rapid la who's following this story in mexico city. hello them and well, what's the latest we are finally starting to get into information on this horrifying accident that took place in southern mexico in the late afternoon in the southern state of the death toll. unfortunately, we can confirm his climbed to at least 52 people. this is an accident that took place just outside of the city of duke's law, which is about 300 kilometers north of mexico's border. with guatemala, the accident happened when a large truck flipped on its side. this truck was reportedly carrying more than 100 people in its cargo container. again, 52 people have been confirmed dead. it's believed that most, if not all of those victims were central american migrants authorities in outside of the duke's le have confirmed that many of them from honduras and from guatemala . we've heard now of on twitter from the mexican president. and it is when we look of the lord as well as from president jama tag of guatemala, tweeting their condolences, treating their, their sympa

on the same day, oswald visited the cuban consulate in mexico city three times requesting an in-transital destination. -- russia as the final destination. within hours of president kennedy's killing on november 23rd, police arrested oswald for the shooting. oswald himself was killed, shot in the stomach while being walked through police headquarters. for 58 years, investigators and historians have been asking whether oswald acted alone. the national archives released some 1,500 documents, but another 10,000 remain a secret fueling speculation that the government is stonewalling. philip shenon has studied the kennedy assassination. do you think the government is hiding something? >> i think they're hiding evidence to suggest incompetence, that the cia and the fbi knew a lot about lee harvey oswald in the months baylor university assassination and failed to act on that information. >> reporter: congress ordered the release. president trump slowed it down amid concerns from the intelligence community. president biden has put off releasing more documents until next year. jeff pegues, cbs ne

>> original from mexico city new mexico. i was born there, because my father was a vice president of the steel mill. he was looking for something to do a bit more extravagant and that's how i was there. >> how long did you live in mexico city? >> removed her nest eight years old after the evaluations convex united states precooked any memorable stories from your time in mexico city? >> went to a british school, bilingual as well. after that came up here to the united states. unfortunately had a very thick spanish accent which my mother was absolutely a port about. we had to relearn the english language up here. >> did you miss it? >> we move to several places here. after we moved here, my father decided to consult for field companies. our first destination was florida. that wasn't too bad, we were with spanish wasn't too bad at all. >> tell me how you came in just anyone in your family serve in the military? >> know it really served in the military prior to me but my father was part of the manhattan project. he was met aller

and it's all over mexico city as the cap to comes back to life off to the worst of the pandemic. this is the city's main artery paseo de la reformer. and this is, it's hall. this is the most iconic monument, a mexico, the angel of independence. and it's a mock of how important the nazi boiler flower is. it is a blanket of them all around the foot of the start ga. and this is where they produced in the green houses of the so chimerical district on the outskirts of the city. perhaps it was inevitable. the egg of florida is that they got flowers in english, is dedicated his life to them from may when they 1st planted his livelihood rests on these plants. doing well, recommend this healing goodies, practically, it's a year's income. a lot of families depend on miss more than one half barrels and families just in such a mil coker from work. and they're hoping for big bouncing sales as mets could continues to open up in christmas comes john holman. out is eda met screw city there with us on the news? our all these what this is coming up. a gentleman. yes, he got plenty on the way, incl

i reported my out up hello has more from mexico city. a horrifying scene in southern mexico, dozens of body scattered on the side of the road after a truck, reportedly carrying more than 100 people in its cargo container, flipped on its side was a hot element. fortunately the reaction from ollie's to do shams, red cross fire fighter, as he rip with action, was really fast. we hoped the people taken to the gomez must a hospital to st. westover and 2 other hospitals will be able to recover, emergency responders be seen pulling bodies from the wreck. authorities believe most, if not all of the victims are migrants from central america money. some of them told us they were from under us, of all ages. sadly, we already have some debts, mexico's president andras manuel lopez or but i thought offered his sympathies and condolences to the families of the victims over twitter national immigration observers. c accidents like these are not uncommon in southern mexico. experts say policy, enforced by the mexican government that prevents migrants from

on the same day, oswald visited the cuban consulate in mexico city, three times asking an in-transit visa to cuba, with russia as the final destination. within hours of president presit kennedy's killing on november 23, police arrested oswald for the shooting. oswald himself was killed, shot in the stomach, we beg walked through police headquarters. for 58 years investigators and historians have been asking whether oswald acted alone. today, the national archives released some 1,500 documents, but another 10,000 remain a secret, fueling speculation that the government is stonewalling. philip shenon has studied the kennedy assassination. do you think the government is hiding something? >> i think they're hiding a lot of evidence to suggest incompetence, that the c.i.a. and the f.b.i. knew a lot about lee harvey oswald in the months before the assassination, and failed to act on that information. >> reporter: congress ordered the release. president trump slowed it down amid concerns from the intelligence community. president biden has put off releasing more documents until next year. n

and her apollo jones is now live from mexico city manual. so mexico and other countries in latin america really preparing for another wait that's right, him. the warnings are clear, not only here in mexico, but in countries across a latin america region. prevention needs to be taken seriously. as this new wave of coven 19 continues to, to make its way into the region. there's been a spike in cases here in mexico link to the holiday season. but there's also a lot of concern over the spread of the con barion, which continues to reach new areas of the region. as you mentioned there in your introduction, and again, it's not only mexico we're seeing this happen in several countries in the region in origin. tina just this week, the country registered the highest number of cases of cobra in 1900. since the start of the pandemic, again here in the region, the delta variant continues to be the dominant variant. but we are now seeing cases of the current, at least at least 10 countries where it's now been confirmed. we've also looking at an alarming ra

but we're in mexico city, things are happening. they tell us more. right, max. so while we've been traveling here, what i noticed was that there was in inflation in inflation propaganda. you know, kaiser report was the 1st of the global financial news programs, unlike bloomberg, on like wall street journal. unlike cnbc, we warn you about inflation coming and the mindset setting in, well over the past week or 2, we've seen an extraordinary amount of, of what shall we call it propaganda about how great, you know, inflation is supposed to be. we already covered that one from a few weeks ago. a whereby they were saying, you know, inflation is good for the poor. well. 6 let's start with paul kruchinin the that guy.

manny joins us live now from mexico city. any more information about what caused this the latest that we can report since our last broadcast the unfortunately, the death toll has climbed to 55 people in that horrible tragic accident that took place in the southern mexico. in the early evening, late afternoon on thursday, in the mexican state of chap, us just to give you an idea of exactly where this took place. the accident happened just outside of the city of duke slob, at which is located about 300 kilometers north of mexico's border with guatemala. and what we're hearing from civil protection in the city of duke's law is that this truck was carrying anywhere between $1200.00 migrants crammed into the back of the truck when it took a band at high speed and fell over onto its side. and again, that number, unfortunately, has risen to 55 people who have been killed. many of them men, women, and children. most of them, if not all of them from central america countries like andras and guatemala. we have heard already from the me

but we're in mexico city. things are happening. they tell us more. right, max, so wow, we've been traveling here. what i noticed was that there was an inflation in inflation propaganda. you know, kaiser report was the 1st of the global financial news programs, unlike bloomberg, on like wall street journal. unlike cnbc, we warn you about inflation coming and the mindset setting in, well over the past week or 2, we've seen an extraordinary amount of, of what shall we call it propaganda about how great, you know, inflation is supposed to be. we already covered that one from a few weeks ago. a whereby they were saying, you know, inflation is good for the poor. well. 6 let's start with a poll kruchinin the that guy that nobel economist, they call him that he was at, he's at the new york times and this is what he tweeted. aside from priorities, is this even true? i, he was responding to an article saying inflation is bad for the poor. is there any good reason to believe that inflation hits low income households, especially hard, and then he followed it up