. >> host: and that was in the mogadishu somalia area, correct? >> guest: in the capital city, mogadishu was a very defense -- dense place at the time. it was very culturally enriched environment. my earliest memories really are of music and art and place, and part of the education system was that you learned poetry some called somalia and nation a poet and so poetry is the way you express yourself, and songs and plays with the way in which this originally nomadic culture passed down information, not much of somali his history is written answer everything was done through song and dance and as part of her education system we would have times in which threat the day we would sing and dance, and my aunts and uncles brought that home and so they would have my siblings and i pair up and do duets. we were often busy writing songs down so we could memorize them, because none of us wanted to be outperformed by the other. >> host: you did not mention your mother. what happened? >> guest: my mother passed away when i was very little. i have no memory, and

. >> guest: that was -- >> host: that was in the mogadishu, somalia? >> guest: yes, capital city. it was a very different place at that time then it is now. it was very culturally enriched environment. my earliest memories really are of you sick and art and plays and, you know, part of the education system was that you learned poetry some called somalia a nation of poets so poetry is a way you express yourself and songs and plays were the way in which this originally nomadic culture passed down information, not much of somalia's histories were written so every thing was done through song and dance and is part of our education system we would have times in which, throughout the day, we would sing and dance and my aunts and uncles brought that home so they would have my siblings and i do duets and so we were often is the writing songs down so we could memorize them because none of us wanted to be outperformed by the other. >> host: you did not mention your mother. what happened? >> guest: my mother passed away when i was very little. i have no memory and i really didn't have much of

somalia's capital is now confronting the coronavirus we'll tell you who is keeping people safe in mogadishu. and a british street artist banksy it goes underground for his latest project a comment on the current crisis its message if you don't ask don't get. i'm claire richards and welcome to the show u.s. president has made good on his threat to end hong kong's a special status trump has signed an executive order to strip the city of its trade privileges and to bring it in line with mainland china he also announced sanctions against officials and banks involved in beijing's crackdown on civil liberties in the territory. to their side legislation. and an executive order to hold china accountable for its oppressive actions against the people of hong kong. the hong kong or tanami act which i signed this afternoon passed unanimously through congress this law gives my administration powerful new tools to hold responsible the individuals and the entities involved in extinguishing hong kong's freedom we've all watch what happened not a good situation their freedoms been taken away their rights ha

somalia's capital is now confronting the coronavirus we'll tell you who's keeping the people safe in mogadishu. i'm burnt off it's good to have you with us we begin tonight with a little get together in germany with big political overtones german chancellor angela merkel was down south in bavaria today do attend a cabinet meeting of the state government there she was invited by various state premier markers and that has political observers all the bugs tonight they say that the meeting might have been something of a job interview is to decide if senator would be a good candidate to succeed merkel as german chancellor. the bavarian palace of have a beautiful and rather unusual backdrop for the meeting off the very end state premier. and anglo american the relationship between the 2 has no ways been this because no one runs a full day toward the day started with a picturesque and well orchestrated boat trip to the island off haven't much more filmable than a more convenient helicopter flight would have been. that was followed by a ride in a horse drawn carriage the perry semlin regent with a cro

somalia's capital is now confronting the coronavirus we'll tell you who is keeping people safe in mogadishu plus we've been here before in california bars restaurants in places of worship are shut down again over a new surge in the. i'm off to our viewers watching on p.b.s. in the united states and all around the world welcome we start tonight with a little get together that has big political. overtones german chancellor angela merkel was down south in bavaria today to attend a cabinet meeting of the state government there she was invited by the various state premier. and that has political observers of bud's tonight they say that the meeting might have been something of a job interview to decide if there would be a good candidate to secede merkel as the germans the bavarian palace of haven't seen the beautiful and rather unusual backdrop for the meeting off the very end state premier. and. the relationship between the 2 hasn't always been this because no one wants a full day toward the day started with a picturesque and well all constraints it better trip to the island off happen much more

>>host: mogadishu somalia area? >> the capital city. mogadishu was different at that time than it is now. a very culturally enriched environment. my earliest memories and part of the education system is that you learn the poetry calling it a nation of poets. and the way this culture was passed down everything was done through song and dance and then my aunt and uncles brought that home and we would pair up and do duets. because none of us want to be outperformed. >> you did not mention your mother. what happened? >> when i was very little, i have no memory. i didn't don't have an experience without her being around because there were so many adults who provided to fill that space for me. so when i became a mother myself for the first time when i understood the concept of what it is meant for her to be in my life. i remember being very young going to that experience and wanting to lean on my father and falling sure it was the first time he really couldn't give me proper advice for the adequate sympathy and empathy for what i was experien

we will tell you who is keeping people safe in mogadishu. plus, we have been here before. in california, bars, restaurants, and places of worship are shut down again over a new surge in the coronavirus. ♪ brent: i'm brent goff. to our viewers watching on pb set -- pbs in the united states and around the world, welcome. we start tonight with a get together that has big political overtones. german chancellor angela merkel was down south and bavaria to attend a cabinet meeting of the state government. she was invited by bavaria state premier. that has political observers abuzz. they say the meeting might have been something of a job interview to decide if he would be a good candidate to secede miracle. >> the bavarian palace, a beautiful and rather unusual backdrop for the meeting of the bavarian state premier markus soder, and angela merkel. the relationship between the two has not always been this cordial. >> it was a wonderful day. >> the day started with a picture ask ken welell orchestrated boat trip to the island, much more fillable than a more convenient helicopter fli

on the plane intow3 mogadishu, e remembers a fellow passenger turning to her and her colleague nigel99. >> he said to me, your head, your head alone, is worth half a million dollars in mogadishu. be careful. >> as amandaÑi left the airport the capital city wasx [ sound ofok gunfire ] >> back at home, lorinda worried about her daughter. >> i just made sure every time i talked toq her that i told her loved her. >> amanda managed toxd tamp dow her nervousness and got to work. on her third day in somalia, she was a car with nigelt( chasing story. >> the vehicle started to slow down, and ie1 looked up. about a dozen armed men were emerging from where theyq had been hidden,t ak-47s. next&k%ing i knew, my door was pulled open, and i found myself .pspread eagle with a gun to th back of my head. >> terrifying. >> i asked, is this about money? and hefá said toe1 me, it might something her mother lorinda stopped hearing from her daughter. she began to fear the worst. she didn't want to be right, bun in somalia. you must have felt so helpless. >> i felt like we were so far apart, and we didn't kno

i would be curious trying to get a friend of mine does she really think mogadishu is better than minneapolis? because she behaves like the terrible injustice. >> that conversation and debate with issues of racism of course are important i wonder what you think of the evolution of the argument where this new phrase is coined systemic racism that you are racist you just don't know it. >> first of all you have to acknowledge now very famous affluent summit in the senator from south carolina to introduce the bill and said i was stopped six times last year. so in that sense we have to start by acknowledging it's more challenging for those inherent difficulties you have to overcome. so is it more important for blacks to succeed or whites to feel guilty? now for some bizarre reason the left has decided that you are guilty feeling bad about feeling guilty and i said in an interview with the audience i would be a lot more sympathetic to a multimillion on - - multimillionaire if they want to leave the league and find charter school to help children succeed. but i'm totally unimpressed for those who wa

critical infrastructure lacking the private sector is stepping in to try to keep people safe in mogadishu. hello i'm christine window welcome to the program fraunces celebrating its national holiday best day but this year public's integrations have been canceled all scaled back in the capital paris for the 1st time since 945 boards have cancelled their traditional parade along the shops and these are used instead a much smaller event took place featuring a tribute to health care workers representatives from 4 european countries including. and you were also present as their governments took in 161 french virus victims at the height of the crisis was these protesters are carrying gender equality symbolic key to its growth. was they say the 2 recent appointments deal a death blow to the promise president in monaco made when he came to power 3 years ago. if it. is accused of having raped a woman in 2009 disappointment is it insulting to all women who are victims of sexual violence and to perm what he has said many like being with search out in the street to what extent can you not listen to v

on the streets of mogadishu normal life goes on.f coronavirus. in most remain open across somalia. some worshipers believe their faith will form a shield. they believe you will only get affected by the command of allah. no one else gets infected. meanwhile, the graveyards are filling up fast. images from one of mogadishu as main cemeteries supports the belief that many covid—19 deaths are going unrecorded. back in january covid—19 deaths are going unrecorded. back injanuary this was empty land. now it's a large—scale cemetery. we have been here for over for months now and the number of deaths is 2000 plus. there is no way of verifying the true number killed by covid—19. like many, the deceased buried here showed symptoms of being buried here showed symptoms of the disease but died at home undiagnosed. another somali life cut short by the silent killer. thank you very much indeed for watching i'll see you tomorrow at the usual time. bye— bye. hello, this is your latest sports news. plenty to come, but we'll start with football as the

how you can leave mogadishu for minneapolis and have a grudge rather than gratitude?i think it's one of the great things worth studying. she left a society which is a disaster, dominated by warlords, people starving, no sense of individual opportunity, a very impressive behavior for women. come to the freest most open society in the world and she's angry. i look at all that and i say, i don't get it. you'd think, i'd be curious, i try to get a friend of mine who lives out there, does she really think mogadishu is better than minneapolis? she behaves like we've done her a terrible injustice by making her be an american.>> what you think, of course a conversation and debate of discussion about the issues of racism are of course important. i wonder what you think about the evolution of the argument on the left now where this new phrase is coined "systemic racism" the concept of, your racist but you just don't know it. >> first of all, i think you have to acknowledge that african-americans more than any other group experience Ãbvery famous african americans tell me, tim s

once upon a time took took drivers in the somali capital mogadishu could make a pretty decent living after all in normal times people were always looking to get from a to b. . when the coronavirus hit in mid march everything changed. before the coronavirus are used to earn a good in mind $25.00 to $30.00 u.s. dollars a day but now teachers and students are no longer going to school and airline workers have been sent home because the airport is closed you know they have with. the pandemic is laying siege to what was a ready a highly fragile economy where violence has left hundreds of thousands of somalis displaced and a further 5000000 reliant on food aid. the coronavirus has inflicted losses on countries around the world and especially here in somalia somalia is a devastated country that still recovering from years of war and conflict its economy has been gradually rising from the ashes this year growth was expected to hit 3.2 or 3.3 percent but these projections have been badly damaged by the virus the aviation industry has been hardest hit. according to the african union in the pas

while mogadishu the capital of somalia and east africa is a city that's been ravaged by war like so many other places around the world it's facing another enemy now to the coronavirus but the country is broke and its health service is struggling now private companies are joining forces with the government to try to keep the public safe. reports now on a telecoms companies ringback service that's helping to raise awareness of covert 19. of you to believe. this. going to ring back to him from the phone service provider . he did to kids people and how to stop the spread of the virus. or the like. a lot of awareness campaigns have been done by people that have taken their advice so just hand washing. the disease called is fever and we're taking all the advice to stay safe. this by decades of conflict is now fighting in a few simple but as the country struggles control decorum of great to private sector seems to have taken the lead in spreading awareness. the company behind the idea is so my least largest mobile for the parade it says the service has proven to be useful in a country where peo

how you can leave mogadishu for minneapolis and have a grudge rather than gratitude, i think, is one of the great things worth studying. you know, she left a society which was a disaster, dominated by war lords, people starving, no sense of individual opportunity, a fairly oppressive behavior for women to come to the freest, most open society in the world, and she's angry. i sort of look at that and go, i don't get it. you think that it's -- in fact, i'd be curious, i'm trying to get a friend of mine who lives out this to go ask her, does she e really think mogadishu's better than min yap his? minneapolis? because she behaves like we've somehow done her a terrible injustice by making -- by letting her be an american. >> what do you think, of course, the conversation, the dethe bait, the discussion -- the debate, the discussion about the issues of racism are, of course, important. i wonder what you think about the evolution of the argument on the left though now where this new phrase is coined, systemic racism. it's this concept of, well, you're racist, but you just don't know it. >>

everything that guns can accomplish were achieved in mogadishu. i signed on as a regular reporter with abc news. they managed to find a mansion in tact and hired a 40 man army of somali mercenaries to protect this compound and 27 some of us producers housed in the compound with the security as a mercenaries like to be called and it is in impossible without a truck full and even with the gun man along there are all these people to pay and leave wristwatch bands no foreigner could even make a move without attracting a hornets nest of attention and the junk man waving ak-47 assault rifles rested dented pickup trucks with gun mounts welded into the bed like the planetary on - - predatory errands. being in small he is six months leon offered to take me to the market in mogadishu. if there was a market what are they buying and selling and learning an important lesson in the medium of exchange i learned there will always be a medium of exchange. the matter how society collapses there will be a form of currency. with a somali translator and even so we get

critical infrastructure lacking the private sector is stepping in to try to keep people safe in mogadishu. when the walk into the program the coronavirus pandemic is costing a shadow over france's national holiday a still day. public sit abrasions have been canceled all scaled back in the capital paris for the 1st time since 1905 have canceled the traditional parade along and easy instead of a much smaller event is featuring a tribute to health care work because. it's the day when france marks the birth of its republic a day to celebrate revolution and independence but this year's bastille day was also dedicated to the medical workers who've been on the front line of the coronavirus pandemic instead of foreign dignitaries essential workers were included in the much smaller numbers of guests as were the families of medical staff who died fighting this pandemic a fight that isn't over yet in an interview to mark dusty all day president mccrone said he wanted to extend some of the health measures. circumlocutions are made in the next weeks i would like wearing masks to be compulsory in all p

translation: on the streets of mogadishu, normal life goes on.rshippers believe their faith will form somalia. some worshippers believe theirfaith will form a somalia. some worshippers believe their faith will form a shield. meanwhile, the graveyards are filling up fast. images from one of mogadishu's main cemetery supports the belief that many covid—19 debts are going unrecorded. back in january, this was empty land. now it isa january, this was empty land. now it is a large—scale cemetery. there is no way of verifying the true number killed by covid—19. like many, the deceased being buried here showed symptoms of the disease but died at home, undiagnosed. another somali life cut short by the silent killer. bbc news. studio: in the philippines the coronavirus pin then it has cost the economy to shrink for the first time in 22 years, and the culvert cases making lockdown is necessary and government debt is rising. howard —— covid cases. they pride themselves ona covid cases. they pride themselves on a communal spirit, pulling together to get thro

there is a political consensus between villa somalia the opposition parties in mogadishu there are gay sions the. bribery bring some of the m.p.'s around to making this decision. and also talk of a falling out between the president of the prime minister what we know about. the allegations concerning our primary that was. that was there always in someone's politics and but there is no way to confirm that. but also also. for the last couple of weeks but the president. the prime minister i'm going to different directions. the reason for that was and those 2 ways. of holding elections next year one was a universal suffrage which was. the way the parliament. once. was a selection based on elders. which in accordance for from the electoral. commission the federal member states and the prime minister i say one has to go for sort that was a 2 way state they went. forward for the following. how the dynamics lead to politics. and initial thoughts so what happens next the president what has 30 days to choose a new prime minister who's likely to be. it's hard to say but more likely there is one fu

professionalism, dignity, and bravery in a diplomatic ineer that spanned 34 years posts across the world from mogadishu to moscow and keira stan -- kurdistan to ukraine -- ukraine. to her career has been distinguished by nonpartisanship and as you can see by her list of postings overseas, by a willingness to take on tough diplomatic assignments and to tell it like it is. up in a peripatetic air force family and, like the rest of my family, i was tremendously proud about my father's military service. i benefited from the opportunity to live in other countries around the world and to travel throughout this country, but i also understood the hardships involved, and sometimes the risks. the same is true of our nation's diplomats, whose contributions often go unnoticed. the work of our professional diplomats contributes to our nation's prosperity, advance our security, and make it less likely that young men and women will be called into combat. but this work is often unseen, and despite the caricatures, unglamorous. ambassador yovanovitch, speaking at some other foreign affairs school on the potomac two wee

in the british again jackets flying over mogadishu. somalis want. as their future state. on the 26th of june, 1960, british somali anna gained its independence. followed five days later by a tag somaliland. on the 1st ofjuly, 1960, they unite to form the somali republic. while this union was in its infancy, the republic florist as a democracy. but beneath the calm a storm was brewing. in 1969, military brought an end to somalia democracy. the minute to the notion of old, the original battery discarded by the colonial powers be reinstated. he set about achieving this by military force. and and beatty ethiopia. after starting a war with ethiopia over territory, his russian backers swearing allegiance to ethiopia and with the help of the cuban soldiers, somalia was defeated. a period of u nrest followed. somalia was defeated. a period of unrest followed. he was overthrown in1991. an unrest followed. he was overthrown in 1991. an error that marked the beginning of somalia's dissent and to violence. warlords coming out of the jihadist to vi

and posts across the world from mogadishu to moscow to ukraine, ambassador marie yovanovitch's career, distinct from service to country, nonpartisanship, from postings overseas, by a willingness to take on tough diplomatic assignments and to tell it like it is, i grew up in a para protect air force family and like the rest, relentlessly proud of my father's military service. i benefited from the opportunity to live in other countries around the world and to travel throughout this country. i also understood the hardship of the vault and sometimes the risks. the same is true of our nation's diplomat his contributions often go unnoticed, the work of our professional diplomats contribute to our nation's prosperity, advance our security and make it less likely that young men and women will be called in to combat. this work is often unseen and despite the caricatures, unglamorous. marie yovanovitch speaking on the potomac two weeks ago quoted former secretary of state george shultz who famously said that the work of a foreign service officer pretends to diplomatic gardens doing the day-to-d