. >> reporter: the male victim from south bend told them he had crashed the truck around i-94 last weekend he couldn't reach his cell phone for help >> he tried yelling and screaming. but nobody could hear him. >> reporter: the rescue proved to be difficult but eventually first responders were able to free the man believed to be in his late 20s he was taken by helicopter to a south bend hospital with life-threatening injuries. >> our first priority is getting him help, getting limhim to a hospital to be treated right now we don't know. >> reporter: while they don't want to be called heroes these good samaritans shudder at what could have happened if their curiosity hadn't been piqued >> our thanks for that report. now to the winter storm still wreaking havoc for travelers across the great plains. the snow knocked out power to 20,000 people across nebraska while parts of colorado saw more than a foot of snow. dense fog coated new york city visibility was down to a quarter mile or less let's take a look at the map the soggy system that drenched part of the mid atlantic will continue to soak

and he arranges a big klan gathering in south bend, specifically to put those kids down to show them who runs the state. what happened? the chancellor in priest says, don't leave campus. we're not going to engage them. well, they disobey and they had a riot back and forth and these kids, they're mostly irish kids. this was one of the funny things. they end up throwing potatoes. at the klansmen who are fleeing this barrage of potatoes. and one of the legend has it shots came notre dame's quarterback. one of the four horsemen, and he shot on their flaming cross thing. so they cower up in their thing. and the next day there's a big headline i saw it, chicago tribune, irish wrote klansman said, you know, i'll get from then on they were known as the fighting irish and and and that's what again, one of the stories i didn't know. yeah. be proud of your irish. yeah. yeah. my grandfather graduated 27. he was there when school greer threw that potato and, talked about it. oh, that's great. way to go. in order to give a speech. oh, that's fantastic. yeah, he was very, very, very proud. yeah. gr

and he arranges a big klan gathering in south bend, specifically to put those kids down to show them who runs the state. what happened? the chancellor in priest says, don't leave campus. we're not going to engage them. well, they disobey and they had a riot back and forth and these kids, they're mostly irish kids. this was one of the funny things. they end up throwing potatoes. at the klansmen who are fleeing this barrage of potatoes. and one of the legend has it shots came notre dame's quarterback. one of the four horsemen, and he shot on their flaming cross thing. so they cower up in their thing. and the next day there's a big headline i saw it, chicago tribune, irish wrote klansman said, you know, i'll get from then on they were known as the fighting irish and and and that's what again, one of the stories i didn't know. yeah. be proud of your irish. yeah. yeah. my grandfather graduated 27. he was there when school greer threw that potato and, talked about it. oh, that's great. way to go. in order to give a speech. oh, that's fantastic. yeah, he was very, very, very proud. yeah. gr

. >> mission in south bend. this people who live near this intersection say they got woken up by people doing donuts around one in the morning sunday. kimberly chan spoke with me off camera saying it was extremely loud, boom. heard a lot of and then about 1 o'clock. a little bit later, i heard some fireworks go off multiple times. the sideshow also backed up traffic in all directions. dozens of people parked in the middle of the street to watch. spectators got out. just watch the sideshow that went on for like 15, 20 minutes. eventually police responded shutting it all down with people in cars dispersing quickly. other video online showed a waymo being trapped in the chaos. neighbors say they've never before seen a sideshow in this. normally busy intersection. i've lived here for like 20 years. normally the sideshows take place on division 13. so this was kind of >> a little bit closer to people who witnessed the sideshow say they didn't see any arrest. we reached out to san francisco police. they did not respon

now civilians are essentially forced to head south bend us down and estimated 1700000 now have been displaced. and a unique spokesman says, despite the assurances from israel to the south would be safe. it's carpet bombing better is just as heavy as it was. and then no, it's just and sunrise now. i know i to of actually relentless, bombardments, but i, i cannot stop thinking about the 1800000 people here in the south. i don't think there was more than a 5 or 10 minute period throughout the course of the night and, and i really didn't cite where, where something was and flying out of the head or the sky being laid off. and it was our last saturday that a housing complex in the southern city of con you, this became the target of multiple rocket attacks. the official strikes are rained on or on you and it said there was a dramatic moment caught on camera and a local john list witness to her own home being destroyed with a family report least spill inside. she was reporting live nearby a me to had the and the medina who has just been b spokane. what we other than compete. i mean another thing i t

so these really are saying that some of those a trucks will go to the santa crossing in the south bend to the get them shut on crossing. but ultimately, all of the aid will be going through and that none of the 8 will be entering from is really territory. now the director of the world food program has said that in order to kind of speed up the process of more a going into the gaza strip that crossing would need to be open. and remember it's only 3 kilometers away from alpha. but these rallies have not been wanting to open that crossing. they said that rather they will only open it up for screenings of all of the a that that goes into goes up. because remember, b is rarely as has been a walk, hating the gaza strip for some time and in charge of kind of overseas, every thing that goes in and out of it. so this process for opening the get image shuttle crossing is simply for the screening of 8, but it will not be entering concept from there. from this i would say, you know, keep out of the stories and thank you. when you're in the security council invoice of travel to the restaurant for t

. >> think i'm queuing up the next question i have here a link from south bend indiana. if dick's family was quaker what religion did they get married in it and raise their daughters in? no? >> interestingly that's something i found very interesting with pat also. they do have a quaker ceremony on the process of whittier college marries the medic quaker ceremony. she goes along with ed to please her mother-in-law but i don't think pat was ever very religious. she was christian and believes and that there's not one particular she felt super connected to president nixon again this quaker beliefs to foa letters personality, his thinking and so many ways for tickly about women thequ teachis of the quakers about strong women are really important in that place into his marriage, has relationship with his daughter and his promotion of women to higher levels of government. women who are so important in that administration getting women higher level government positions. pushing him to get a woman on the supreme court he is supporting the era. influence them as political policies

different areas then kim just cued up the next question here that i have from jeanne and hailing from south bend, indiana. if if -- family was quaker, what religion did they get married in and raised their daughters at? you know, did they did he forswear the quakers after this have happened or now? well, interesting. you know, that religion is something that i've found very interesting with pat also. so they do have a quaker ceremony and the president of whittier college marries them and a quaker and she goes with that, i think, to please her mother in law. but i don't think pat was ever very religious. so, i mean, i think she was christian believed in that. but i don't think there was any one particular sect that she felt super connected to. and then president again, you know, i think his quaker beliefs really form a lot of his personality, his in so many ways, particularly about women, the teachings of the quakers, about strong women, really important and not pleasant to both his marriage, his relationship with his daughters and his promotion of women to higher levels of government, women like

he arranges a big klan gathering in south bend specifically to put those kids down, to show them who runs the state. what happened? the chancellor of notre dame, the priest says, don't leave campus. they disobey him. they had a riot. back and forth. these kids, mostly irish kids, one of the funny things, they ended up throwing potatoes [ laughter ] at the klansmen . they are fleeing a barrage of potatoes. legend has it, one of the shots came from the notre dame quarterback. a direct shot on their flaming cross. the next day there's a big headline, chicago tribune, i was students route klansmen, like a football game. from then on , they were known as the fighting irish. [ applause ] that is one of the stories i did not know. be proud of your irish. >> i don't want to interrupt, but my grandfather was there and talked about a. >> that's great. way to go. that's fantastic. >> he was very proud of that. >> as i read the book, it actually reminded me of, when oliver stone, the documentary series on netflix, the untold history of america. a lot of it was the people who came in second or th

. >> mission in south bend. this people who live near this intersection say they got woken up by people doing donuts around one in the morning sunday. kimberly chan spoke with me off camera saying it was extremely loud, heard a lot of and then about 1 o'clock. a little bit later, i heard some fireworks go off multiple times. the sideshow also backed up traffic in all directions. dozens of people parked in the middle of the street to watch. spectators got out. just watch the sideshow that went on for like 15, 20 minutes. eventually police responded shutting it all down with people in cars dispersing quickly. other video online showed a waymo being trapped in the chaos. neighbors say they've never before seen a sideshow in this normally busy intersection. i've lived here for like 20 years. normally the sideshows take place on division and 13. so this was kind of >> a little bit closer. the >> and people who witnessed the sideshow say they didn't see any arrests and they say they're frustrated. we reached out to sa

. >> jim geurts cued up the next question i have from jean, south bend, indiana.the dick's family was quaker what religion did they get married in and raised their daughters in? did he forswear the quakers after this had happened, or no? >> interesting, you know, religion something i find are interesting with pat also. so they do have a quaker ceremony and the president of whittier college marries them in a quaker ceremony andnd she goes along with that. i think to please her mother-in-law. but i don't think pat was ever very religious. i think she was christian, she believed in that but i don't think there was anyone particular sac that she felt superth connected to. and then president nixon again i think his quaker beliefs really formed a lot of his personality, his thinking in so many ways, particularly about women. the teachings of the quakers about strong women are really important and that plays into his marriage, his relationship with his daughters and his permission of women to five levels of government, women like barbara hartman franklin who is so import

. >> reporter: he's listed in critical condition at a hospital in south bend.ice say it took officials from two fire departments quite a bit of time to extricate him from the vehicle. mario garcia, one of the fisherman, said he was pinned in very tightly and he said he almost lost all hope. fortunately, he was found and saved. kaitlan? >> just amazing how they were able to just randomly see him. athena jones, thank you for that great story and sharing that with us. >>> coming up on "the situation room," a cnn investigation. federal officials rescuing more than a hundred dogs, all part of this major crackckdown on dogfighthting rings.s. to duckduckgo on all your devie duckduckgo comes with a built-n engine like google, but it's pi and doesn't spy on your searchs and duckduckgo lets you browse like chrome, but it blocks cooi and creepy ads that follow youa from google and other companie. and there's no catch. it's fre. we make money from ads, but they don't follow you aroud join the millions of people taking back their privacy by downloading duckduckgo on all you

mayor of south bend did you have operational oversight over the airports?was a county project. as a ten year mayor were their major highway projects initiated or completed during your tenure there? and it goes to the highway of the city. >> is originally 30 yes 81 and were proud to say we got an award from the u.s. dot. >> what was the approximate budget the streetscape is $35 million project. >> i understand and south bend you want to construct a new train station downtown how tobacco. >> we did not initiate a project to build the train station downtown but something i believed as mayor could benefit the city and we hope someday that could become a reality. in order for it to become a reality there would have to be cooperation from the freight railroads have a lot of right-of-way that goes into it and the level of funding at least on my watch was not present at the city level. i'm hopeful the leadership and south bend doing a great job and they can enhance real connectivity because they can benefit the community. >> i did read about the airport in the amtr

. >> mission in south bend.s people who live near this intersection say they got woken up by people doing donuts around one in the morning sunday. kimberly chan spoke with me off camera saying it was extremely loud, heard a lot of and then about 1 o'clock. a little bit later, i heard some fireworks go off multiple times. the sideshow also backed up traffic in all directions. dozens of people parked in the middle of the street to watch. spectators got out. just watch the sideshow that went on for like 15, 20 minutes. eventually police responded shutting it all down with people in cars dispersing quickly. other video online showed a waymo being trapped in the chaos. neighbors say they've never before seen a sideshow in this. normally busy intersection. i've lived here like 20 years. normally the sideshows take place on division 13. >> so this was kind of >> a little bit closer. the people who witnessed the sideshow say they didn't see any arrest. we reached out to san francisco police. they did not respond in time

veteran jj gorman, her father's photograph, which had been sent during the war from indianapolis to south bend while he was serving with the 86th indiana infantry. it had been in the dead letter office exhibit for 35 years, a newspaper reporter who came to see this exhibit said there is a melancholy collection from the dead letter office, including two cases of photographs of soldiers which were sent and miscarried during the civil war. looking at them, i thought, how young were most of the faces? so these fears offered some new success stories. but several decades past the war, of course, you can imagine that the success stories become fewer and fewer and fewer. in 1911, the dead letter office museumlosed of the album of soldier photographs, lingers inf while, and it was still available for sort of infrequen. but by the 1waplaced in storage and in the 1940s embroil in world war two, the government decides to free up storage space at the post office building, and the album was divided and sold in 1948. it was a collector bought of ten of the panels from these books and donated them to the grg

the man was driving about an hour outside of south bend, indiana when the vehicle left the road and rolledside the vehicle and was able to survive off of rain water and he's being treated for severe, life-threatening injuries. >> south korean actor lee sun kyung has died and he was on "parasite" and was an actor in korea for years and he was part of an investigation into alleged drug use and he had denied all charges and the cause of death had not yet been determined. >> comedy fans are remembering an icon, tom smothers. one-half of the smothers brothers died tuesday. tom and his brother dick hosted the comedy hour in the '60s other and iteration of the show in the '80s. they took stances on both civil rights and the vietnam war. tom smothers was 86 years old. >> as 2023 comes to a close you may be starting to think about new goals especially when it comes to finances. according to a recent survey by fidelity two-thirds are considering a financial resolution and why wait until the ball drops when you can make it right now. joining us is nbc correspondent brian chung. december is a big spen

veteran jj gorman, her father's photograph, which had been sent during the war from indianapolis to south bend while he was serving with the 86th indiana infantry. it had been in the dead letter office exhibit for 35 years, a newspaper reporter who came to see this exhibit said there is a melancholy collection from the dead letter office, including two cases of photographs of soldiers which were sent and miscarried during the civil war. looking at them, i thought, how young were most of the faces? so these fears offered some new success stories. but several decades past the war, of course, you can imagine that the success stories become fewer and fewer and fewer. in 1911, the dead letter offi museum closed of the album of soldier photogrngs in the dead letter office for while, and it was still available for sornfreent observers to come and at it. buby the 1930s it was placed in storage and in the 1940s embroil in world war two, the government decides to free up storage space at the post office building, and the album was divided and sold in 1948. it was a collector bought of ten of the panels

cnn's rosa flores has been at the south bend border covering this story. rosa, i think the question, now that we are hearing from at least one mexican officials saying that it was a very good meeting, it's whether or not anything changes. whether or not any agreement was made while these officials were in the room trying to hammer out what they believe could fix or at least help the situation. >> you're exactly right. that is the big question. what agreements were made? and in that gaggle that mexico 's top diplomat -- gave spanish speaking media and obtained by cnn, it was a short gaggle, but the diplomat did mention that this was a very good meeting. she hinted at this agreement that would be later announced in a joint statement by both countries. so we'll see what that will be. she also mentioned that some of the discussion points were about the root causes of migration, things like violence and also family separation and reunification. why some migrants decide to make the trek and come to the united states is to reunify with their families. she also me

a zoo in south bend, indiana said the pups blue red in orange. those are their names we're born on september 28th and had a challenging start to life. well, their own mom didn't raise the puppies properly when they were born. so the zoo decided to hand raised the litter of pups. officials say it's important for painted dogs to be raised and a canine social structure. so the indiana council for animal welfare found the puppies, a surrogate golden retriever named cassie okc immediately accepted the painted dog puppies and cared for them for the first critical months of their lives. such a beautiful picture there. and a kansas zoo is celebrating the birth of a new pygmy hippo. check this out. the baby was on december 14th in wade, 13 pounds. zoo keepers say the baby is nursing well, and already growing fast. this is the 4th calf or parents, posey and pluto. what a cutie. the zoo says they are attentive parents and keeping the baby close. the species is considered critically endangered with less than 3,000 known worldwide. so a truly special sight to

. >> mission in south bend.o live near this intersection say they got woken up by people doing donuts around one in the morning sunday. kimberly chan spoke with me off camera saying it was extremely loud, boom. heard a lot of and then about 1 o'clock. a little bit later, i heard some fireworks go off multiple times. the sideshow also backed up traffic in all directions. dozens of people parked in the middle of the street to watch. spectators got out. just watch the sideshow that went on for like 15, 20 minutes. eventually police responded shutting it all down with people in cars dispersing quickly. other video online showed a waymo being trapped in the chaos. neighbors say they've never before seen a sideshow in this. normally busy intersection. i've lived here for like 20 years. normally the sideshows take place on division 13. so this was kind of >> a little bit closer. the people who witnessed the sideshow say they didn't see any arrest. we reached out to san francisco police. they did not respond in time for

. >> mission in south bend.t people who live near this intersection say they got woken up by people doing donuts around one in the morning sunday. kimberly chan spoke with me off camera saying it was extremely loud, heard a lot of and then about 1 o'clock. a little bit later, i heard some fireworks go off multiple times. the sideshow also backed up traffic in all directions. dozens of people parked in the middle of the street to watch. spectators got out. just watch the sideshow that went on for like 15, 20 minutes. eventually police responded shutting it all down with people in cars dispersing quickly. other video online showed a waymo being trapped in the chaos. neighbors say they've never before seen a sideshow in this. normally busy intersection. i've lived here like 20 years. normally the sideshows take place on division 13. so this was kind of >> a little bit closer. the people who witnessed the sideshow say they didn't see any arrest. we reached out to san francisco police. they did not respond in time fo

. >> mission in south bend. people who live near this intersection say they got woken up by people doing donuts around one in the morning sunday. kimberly chan spoke with me off camera saying it was extremely loud, boom. heard a lot of and then about 1 o'clock. a little bit later, i heard some fireworks go off multiple times. the sideshow also backed up traffic in all directions. dozens of people parked in the middle of the street to watch. spectators got out. just watch the sideshow that went on for like 15, 20 minutes. eventually police responded shutting it all down with people in cars dispersing quickly. other video online showed a waymo being trapped in the chaos. neighbors say they've never before seen a sideshow in this. normally busy intersection. i've lived here for like 20 years. normally the sideshows take place on division 13. so this was kind >> a little bit closer. the people who witnessed the sideshow say they didn't see any arrest. we reached out to san francisco police. they did not respond in t

. >> mission in south bend.ople who live near this intersection say they got woken up by people doing donuts around one in the morning sunday. kimberly chan spoke with me off camera saying it was extremely loud, boom. heard a lot of and then about 1 o'clock. a little bit later, i heard some fireworks go off multiple times. the sideshow also backed up traffic in all directions. dozens of people parked in the middle of the street to watch. spectators got out. just watch the sideshow that went on for like 15, 20 minutes. eventually police responded shutting it all down with people in cars dispersing quickly. other video online showed a waymo being trapped in the chaos. neighbors say they've never before seen a sideshow in this. normally busy intersection. i've lived here for like 20 years. normally the sideshows take place on division 13. so this was kind of >> a little bit closer. the people who witnessed the sideshow say they didn't see any arrest. we reached out to san francisco police. they did not respond in t

. >> mission in south bend. this people who live near this intersection say they got woken up by people doing donuts around one in the morning sunday. kimberly chan spoke with me off camera saying it was extremely loud, boom. heard a lot of and then about 1 o'clock. a little bit later, i heard some fireworks go off multiple times. the sideshow also backed up traffic in all directions. dozens of people parked in the middle of the street to watch. spectators got out. just watch the sideshow that went on for like 15, 20 minutes. eventually police responded shutting it all down with people in cars dispersing quickly. other video online showed a waymo being trapped in the chaos. neighbors say they've never before seen a sideshow in this. normally busy intersection. i've lived here for like 20 years. normally the sideshows take place on division 13. so this was kind of >> a little bit closer. the people who witnessed the sideshow say they didn't see any arrest. we reached out to san francisco police. they did not resp

. >> mission in south bend. this people who live near this intersection say they got woken up by people doing donuts around one in the morning suniay. kimberly chan spoke with me off camera saying it was extremely loud, boom. heard a lot of and then about 1 o'clock. a little bit later, i heard some fireworks go off multiple times. the sideshow also backed up traffic in all directions. dozens of people parked in the middle of the street to watch. spectators got out. just watch the sideshow that went on for like 15, 20 minutes. eventually police responded shutting it all down with people in cars dispersing quickly. other video online showed a waymo being trapped in the chaos. neighbors say they've never before seen a sideshow in this. normally busy intersection. i've lived here for like 20 years. normally the sideshows take place on division 13. so this was kind of >> a little bit closer. the people who witnessed the sideshow say they didn't see any arrest. we reached out to san francisco police. they did not resp

they had come to the swearing in and he was going to be leaving in an hour or two to go back to south bend to hold down the fort while i was commuting back and forth from washington. justice sotomayor in and she had me -- big bags of halloween candy for each one of my children to take back with them. i had no staff, i had no staff, no locker, no office supplies for anything that day, you can't really hire staff before you are confirmed. we were scrambling. i had my first oral arguments in just a few days. i did not even know how to get into the computer system. justice gorsuch found out and he did that and he had his assistants come over and at some iphones and stacking up with office supplies, thing everything. i was living by myself two weeks of the month, in washington. in the house that i was renting. and i had dinner invitations for my colleagues and much invitations, they did everything in their power to make me feel welcome. that was a difficult time. they had just lost a beloved colleague, justice ginsburg had passed away. everybody was under the stress of covid, and everyone went

host: deborah, thank you for calling in from south bend, indiana. dennis. duluth, georgia.ocrat. caller: how are you doing? i have a few things to say. i will start with misinformation. there is so much misinformation out there that it is hard to believe this and that. people who watch fox news really need to watch other news stations so they can understand that fox news is never telling them the truth. me personally, i sometimes watch fox news, but i watch cnn, msnbc, other news stations. fox news never tells you the truth. if you believe anything you are getting from there, you need to check yourself. donald trump knows that he lost the election. he knows that he is lying to you. if you believe that he is not lying to you, if you believe that the election was stolen from him, you need some kind of a psychology check. couldn't be further from the truth. host: thank you. what do you do in duluth? caller: i own a tree service. i climb trees for a living. host: what kind of licensing do you have to have two cut down trees? caller: regular business license, make sure that you

we see such examples of the power of small developers in south bend, indiana, or small developers have counted together produce most housing in the city. senator schmitt's you be happy to note strong towns of minnesota is a great organization raising awareness for local incremental change across our country. to achieve that a housing, the federal, can also create more public financing options reduce barriers to development and boosting the supply of quality affordable housing. while there's much more to say about all that we can do for affordable housing, i'll be excited to be here and enter the senators questioned on the three urgent and important issue. thank you. >> thank you very much. and mr. schaefer. >> iq, chairwoman smith and ranking member lummis, members of the subcommittee for the opportunity to testify today for your hearing on housing supply and innovation. the hearing is timely, given the lack of affordable housing across our country which is been exacerbated by workforce shortages, supply chain disruptions, coupled with inflation and entitlement burdens and design appro

what we found on streets like valencia or south bend this, or -- south van nass, is a street with onection plus a term pocket can move just as much traffic as a street with two lanes in each direction. left turning vehicles mean the two lanes of traffic are never really available for through traffic. these road diets that we do have been tremendously effective for improving safety outcomes for all road users, without exacerbating traffic. they do make all cars slow down to the speed of the most prudent driver. this week we are getting started in partnership with the department of public works on work to restripe all of evans between third and cesar chavez, and as part of this work will be collecting a lot of data, talking to industrial users in the industrial district and talking to folks in the bayview commercial district and in the mission about how it is working. we will make some adjustments along the way and if it is successful, then we will start another project that is more capital-intensive to make it permanent. if it is not successful, we will turn it back the way that it was

to free him, bringing him up to the road above and the awaiting helicopter where he was taken to south bendorial hospital. matt had to have his leg amputated and still has a long road to recovery, but is thankful to those who saved his life. his message this morning, no matter how tough thins get, there is a light at the end of the tunnel, sometimes in the least expected way. part of his leg had to be amputated but he is alive. a website is raising money to help pay his medical bills. guys? >> trapped in that car for a week. that's how you know it's not your time to go. a week. all right, andrew. thank you for that report. coming up the off campus house where the four idaho college students were killed set to be demolished today. why the victims' families are pleading with authorities to put the move on hold. >>> you tube mom ruby franke's ex-business partner pleading guilty. why she took the plea deal and how much time she may face behind bars? >>> cruise mania. the plan for a new 3 1/2 year voyage in the pipeline as epic cruises make a big splash. first back to somara. good morning. >> go

what we found on streets like valencia or south bend this, or -- south van nass, is a street with onein each direction plus a term pocket can move just as much traffic as a street with two lanes in each direction. left turning vehicles mean the two lanes of traffic are never really available for through traffic. these road diets that we do have been tremendously effective for improving safety outcomes for all road users, without exacerbating traffic. they do make all cars slow down to the speed of the most prudent driver. this week we are getting started in partnership with the department of public works on work to restripe all of evans between third and cesar chavez, and as part of this work will be collecting a lot of data, talking to industrial users in the industrial district and talking to folks in the bayview commercial district and in the mission about how it is working. we will make some adjustments along the way and if it is successful, then we will start another project that is more capital-intensive to make it permanent. if it is not successful, we will turn it back the way

global south writers to work across and between camparving out a space for indigenous writing for themselves and for anti-coal o'neilresistance in their wk you have two superpowers down on bended knee, asking for the favors of global south and they knew how to work the system. and i argue that they did that very effectively at least for a brief period of time the 20 or so years after. world war two. so now i want to talk a little bit the other half of this project, maybe less fun half, but nevertheless. yes, an part of this project we all know that writers faced significant sanctions. some of those were dissident writers who were not afraid to, speak truth to power and suffered the consequences for it. some of them were apolitical, nonpolitical writers that various states deemed dangerous for one reason or another. one of the points that i make in book is that state surveillance of writers was ubiquitous during this. there is not a national or an international superpower during this period of time that did not collect intelligence on writers. it happened in the united states and african-american and queer writers, as we know, were overwhelmingly not, exclusively, but overwhelm

global south writers to work across and between camps carving out a space for indigenous writing for themselves and for anti-coal o'neill resistance in their work you have two superpowers down on bended knee, asking for the favors of global south and they knew how to work the system. and i argue that they did that very effectively at least for a brief period of time the 20 or so years after. world war two. so now i want to talk a little bit the other half of this project, maybe less fun half, but nevertheless. yes, an part of this project we all know that writers faced significant sanctions. some of those were dissident writers who were not afraid to, speak truth to power and suffered the consequences for it. some of them were apolitical, nonpolitical writers that various states deemed dangerous for one reason or another. one of the points that i make in book is that state surveillance of writers was ubiquitous during this. there is not a national or an international superpower during this period of time that did not collect intelligence on writers. it happened in the united states and african-american and queer writers, as we know, were overwhelmingly not, exclusively, but overwhelm