topeka intended to erect the same one by the same sculpture. but the image featured up in woman holding a scythe. the people in topeka did not like this because to hold a scythe implied women were doing field labor. while in fact, if you know anything about the frontier, women were doing fieldwork. especially in the early years. especially in kansas they were. and in missouri, maybe not quite as much. the goal of the frontier people was to maintain separate gender spheres. men work in the fields and women work in the home. they crossed those lines a lot in the early years. but they didn't want anyone to talk about that, we want to erase that former memory. and so they replaced the bryant baker design with this one, by meryl gauge the same sculpture as the old west port relief from 15 years earlier. again, this shows a woman with a rifle instead of a safe. oddly, you don't really want women shooting guns anymore than you want them wielding a scythe. but it didn't really cross their minds as a woman going out to fight humans or hunt wild animals.

also on the program as cape town braces for coronavirus infections topeka p end of the month will ask why the city has seen more cases and in the rest of south africa. the coronavirus may have brought much of the world to a standstill but millions continue to be on the move fleeing conflict persecution and discrimination the un's high commissioner for refugees tells v.w. it's time the international community acts before it's too late. as welcome to the program e.u. leaders have to wrapped up a video conference to agree on a financial plan to help the bloc emerge in tact from the worst economic crisis in its history the virtual summit was the 1st step in what i expect. it's a be difficult negotiations on a $750000000000.00 euro carona recovery fund the leaders will meet face to face next month for the 1st time since february is what german chancellor angela merkel had to say after today's meeting. he'd had stitching exactly each of us spoke about the positive aspects that also brought up criticism when appropriate given the there are still big bridges that need to be built that's clear

the book begins with her suicide in topeka. stan lee, the president's grandfather back butler county and that's where he meets the grandmother and the story begins. >> we want to show you a little video montage shop by your wife on your trip to kansas in 2009. >> what are we doing? [inaudible] >> topeka, kansas. that's where they committed suicide. obama's grandfather and his brother, the house here on buchanan street, the auto shop, sixth avenue right around the corner and thanksgiving, 1826 buchanan, that little white two-story, shotgun house, more than 10 feet wide, one house on the corner of seventh of buchanan. 1946, this is where he died. >> that looked cold. >> how old was she when she killed herself? >> she was 26. >> why did she killed herself? >> what we know is she left a suicide note that said she was distraught over her husband, i was the immediate call. >> that was the president's grandfather, stanley's father. >> yes. because of that traumatic event, they went back to toledo, with his grandparents. and his great-

how are you in topeka? caller: i'm great. i'm on a park bench and if i have to mute anything, the birds are singing in the background. host: go ahead with your question. caller: my concern was that you mentioned -- actually i think representative, you're doing a great job in some areas, but i called on the independent line, but basically, you talk about hotspots. -- well,, welfare -- trump.sident gum she used to be my senator and graduated to the governorship. if you look at the rate of occurrence, i'm not sure how you define it. it's per 1000, dodge city is per 1000 forcases dodge city, which is not like new york city. county. in between, is great county. a small county in between the two. there is 4.3, which is one of the worst in the state. host: we are running short on time, so if you wouldn't mind, address your question to the guest. caller: bronx, new york has lower rates. there rate was 30 something. so how would you do that, addressing the hotspots? host: steve, thanks. guest: here is the thing, this virus, it's behav

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do that and somebody talked about removing the washington monument i don't think i would do that topekaansas, good morning. >> in morning representative, how are you. >> i am well. >> i'm doing great, i'm sitting outside in a park bench and if i have to meet anything because the birds are singing in the background. >> go ahead with your question. >> my concern you mentioned the representative that's doing a some areas and occult independent line but basically you talk about hotspots, for instance president trump calder governor back there and said she was doing a great job which she is a democrat and it used to be my senator and she graduated to the governorship but anyway in dodge city look at the rate of occurrence, i'm not sure how you to find it 50 - per thousand people and it's like 50 some cases per thousand per city not like new york city but great counties, they are pretty high not quite the high like 40 or something. per thousand but in between is great county. it's right in between the two in the incident there is 4.3. >> caller were running short on time if you would not mind

now we have a second one in the '60s reacting to brown v board of education in topeka, kansas. and now you have another one taking place. i would just say this is the second cog of the second one. >> let's talk about policing reform. you've introduced a bill in the house led by senator tim scott are poised to introduce their own bill this week. when i talked to senator scott on friday, he told me that the democrats in the house versus the republicans in the senate are taking two different paths on a couple items reducing the number of chokeholds. your bill would just ban them. they would disincentivize them, i suppose. he also said you're distances away on this issue of qualified minority, which would make it easier to sue police in civil court. is their bill a nonstarter for you? or do you see a potential for compromise? >> i never called anything a nonstarter. there's always potential for compromise in my opinion when you're trying to do legislation. our system is designed that way. we were designed to have a house do its business. the senate will do its business. and we try

we've also one of the highest death tolls from topeka in the world at least $41700.00 deaths are likely to be far greater than that. and in the last hour the government has used on free school mirrors cannot put on record my thanks to marcus rush but. he has played on this issue with a victory for the 1300000 children affected. mr speaker this statement is intended to deflect attention from all of that and can i assure the prime minister it will not work but he said this isn't the 1st recent change in government policy in the face of pressure is it. we have seen a number of other policies put in place later on been changed one of them being the opening of schools and all children to go back this month we have seen that push back for all children in september and some school yes at the end of this month they've already supposed to be going back some of those kids but the other huge sense that we can have a look at is with regards to the n.h.s. such aaj now the government had wanted to put in place the such a large full e.u. because and in particular non e.u. foreign health care is a lot

carolina, not on a bus in montgomery, alabama, not in the barricks of our military, not in schools in topekad in brooklyn, new york. this is from the 1994 series. ♪ ♪ >> for me baseball's finest moment is the day jackie robinson set foot on a major league baseball field in 1947. i'm most proud to be an american, most proud to be a baseball fan, when baseball has led america rather than followed it. >> reporter: baseball is a mirror of our country in all its complexity. since the civil war, baseball has been a constant, a through line, a mik micro microcosim. the struggles between labor and management, and, of course, race. and it has helped us through some of our darkest times. during world war ii, f.d.r. refused to cancel baseball because he felt it necessary. after 9/11, to the shock of many, baseball started up again the following monday, and across the country stadiums were full of "i love new york" signs. today as we face an unprecedented crisis and consider how to move forward, we long for baseball to return, to pull us together as it has in the past, to restore a sense of normality an

topeka,s is harold in kansas. caller: good morning. i do not wear a mask.ou have got all these symptoms to be tested. let us change that. if you have got it, wear mask. if you do not, don't wear one. media needs to be pushing that 98% of the people are recovering. let us change the news if that is true. the government gave you money. get a n95 mask. that is the only one that works correctly. give me masks that are supposedly available everywhere. air escapes from those masks. i have glasses and the couple of ites i've worn one, boom, fogs up. host: have you used that money to buy a n95 mask? caller: i do not know if they are available. host: i'm not sure. i just thought that was something would consider doing. caller: i would. it,hey end up mandating give it to me. i have an idea how we can figure out this other stuff. we are knocking good to put names on buildings or sports complexes, no statute, no holidays, and all lives matter. everybody have a great day. cindy in new jersey for those who do wear a mask in public. caller: good morning. for those people