gillian wolf, al jazeera, for mary, she is an associate professor of middle east studies at the university of oklahoma . he says, president site has long wanted to ends. what he saw vate, the functional coalition, the recent protests over the last months, and particularly the few days before his freezing of the parliament and so on. in addition to the coven crisis course and the economic disgruntlement presented and in the political stalemate, presented an opportunity for hi fi, had to do something that he wanted to do, maybe for some time. and that is kind of and this dysfunctional relationship, or attempted working. what he can do, and again, this is, you know, the proof is in the pudding. whether to do this is to make real progress on the health situation with regard to coven vaccination, roll out some kind of efficiency as opposed to the chaos that we saw earlier with regard to that, and then make progress on the economy. now those are tall orders and certainly nothing that can be achieved the matter of days, little, you know, or months. so that's, that's really a big a big task. but certainly, if

well, joshua landa is director of the center family studies at the university of oklahoma . he's joining us now from granville in voe, much good to have you with us on al jazeera and by should all aside says he wants to kick start in the economy. but there are that many countries who are willing to do business with him, and he's not really in control of fairly large sections of his own country. is this realistic? well, that's the desperate situation of the syrians. they are waiting to hear for some light at the end of the tunnel, and he made a lot of excuses. is saying that the lebanese collapse of the banking system in lebanon. where, where almost all syrians did their banking and held their whatever money they had, were held these lebanese accounts. and he was counting on that money to be invested in syria for rebuilding. but as, as he said, it's somewhere near $40000000000.00 disappeared. and, and it's very hard because other countries, whether it's lebanon on the gulf countries, iraq are not allowed to invest in syria or they may be sanctioned companies from outside. so

. >>> university of oklahoma and university of texas have informed the big 12 they plan to leave the coming years. the two schools could move to the southeastern conference where they could earn millions more each year from the s.e.c.'s television package. >>> and naomi osaka knocked out of the olympics, losing in straight sets in the third round of the tournament. more results from the olympics ahead in the "bleacher report." >>> let's dig into coronavirus as an alarming trend is growing worse by the day. 46% of the u.s. population now lives in a county considered to have high covid transmission again. it was less than 3% in early june but now the entire map you see there, it is red. missouri, louisiana, arkansas, mississippi, alabama and florida all those states almost every county has a high transmission rate. the miayor of orange county, florida says that we are in crisis mode. doctors and nurses are on the front lines once again. >> the increase started happening so quickly and it is multiplying so fast, we can't open up beds fast enough. >> i admitted a perfectly healthy 19-yea

this is the director of the center for middle east studies of university of oklahoma. it says is very little, the syrian government can do to tackle the crisis. syria doesn't have money. russia is and china and so forth. are willing to invest a little bit and but only in industries like oil phosphates, where they can get their rewards and get their, their money back out. so this isn't, this is a very bad situation. iraq, as we know, is, is, is near bankruptcy. lebanon just fell into bankruptcy, so the main trading partners, jordan as well, that syria would normally count on for investment, for tourism, for trade are all in desperate situation. and this is a region wide collapse. and the gulf countries are where everybody is looking and they are beginning to men relations with syria, but still they won't invest. and, and that's, that means that us has a really hard time trying to generate some kind of investment because where's it going to come from? him is repack creating a group for women and children from a prison camp. i saw suspects in ne syria. the 10 children and

he's an associate professor of middle studies at the university of oklahoma. send me a shot. welcome back to 20. how long until june as he returns to being a functioning democracy? well, it's going to be at least 30 days and we will see, and of course, what will happen over the next few days will determine whether at the end of this period that i said as promised to nisha, will return to a better functioning democracy. because that's what this is supposed to be about. so i do think in the next few days with what, with what happens, both from the president's statements, as well as what rational and who she and not done others say. and what happens on the street will be able to tell the trajectory of events, but really to assess the kind of long term consequences of this. it's going to be sometime following the president and his actions as you do. why did he take the decision to step outside of the constitution be tagged as staging, some sort of soft qu to then within 30 days? probably slash possibly come back with in the constitutional process. sure, well, i think the way that

she and i -- i learned to fly at the university of oklahoma, and she learned to fly at oklahoma stateoth had big flying schools. and competitions and meets together and so on. so we grew up together in aviation. >> she's becoming a bit of a hero here in her 80s. i think she's getting her due. and people are paying attention to what you achieved as well. i wonder what it's like -- what is it like having that renewed attention and watching heron joy some notoriety now? >> i am so pleased for her because she had this in her mind all these years. she was going to go in space. and i guess i'm more of a realist. i just went along in aviation and was very happy in aviation. she was in aviation, too. she was doing a lot of flying. but she kept talking about space. she wanted to go in space. and we grew up in airplanes together at oklahoma. i was at oklahoma university, she was at oklahoma state university. so we had lots of combined competitions and so on. so we grew up together in aviation, and i've known all these years that she had in her mind that she was going to go in space. and she did

. >> this man first heard about the massacre when he was a college student at the university of oklahoma behalf of the victims of 1921. what do you say to the folks who say it's 100 years later, i didn't commit atrocities and you're not a victim. >> i would say you was never there, but the city was an entity and the city is a liar. literally the city is the same city it was in -- massacre and 100 years of continuing harm, when you think about right after the masser can, the first thing the city of tulsa did was create a new law that we couldn't properly rebuild because they wanted to take our land. you think of them building the largest kkk meeting hall in greenwood right next to between 23. you talk about them bringing in the highwood right -- >> when it pushes us further vote. they intentionally never wanted to allow greenwood tocchet build up and have the mother that it had pre-1921 so, yes, this is more than that. we're talking about the harm right to this date. >> in 192 is, the city of tulsa refused to pay reparations. the city of tulsa said they are not culpable for the city massa

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published last month by the university of oklahoma press richard was indeed a trailblazer. he was the first mountain man to come upon the great salt lake in utah had all the bighorn rivers bad pass and explore the wonders of yellowstone. he operated a trading post on the oregon trail and was also a pioneering merchant in westport when it was the frontier outpost. in his new biography insular examines bridgers remarkable life from early explorer guide trapper and trader to his retirement to a farm near watts mill outside of kansas city. insular was the founding director of the national, mississippi river museum and aquarium a smithsonian a smithsonian affiliated institution in dubuque, iowa. he retired in 2016 after nearly four decades heading up the museum. over that time he has written and curated numerous national exhibitions and films published historical articles and given presentations throughout the us and abroad jerry thank you for being here today. well, thank you very much. it's a pleasure and i thank all of our listeners and watchers. i'm very excited to talk to yo

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of moment. >> host: mr. udoh grew up in oklahoma and played for baylor and university of michigan and went to the nba and worldwide basketball. his basketball as big in china as it is here in the states? >> guest: i mean,, probably bigger. they really enjoy their basketball. but as far as i have to say, shout out there on the national championship. >> host: and a little of your former teams are in the playoffs here. >> guest: yes, a lot of them. i went out to support some of my former teammates, just checking in with them to support them. >> host: were you able to get your teammates to read books as well with you? >> guest: not necessarily with me, but they would start asking me for book recommendations, and that's where it starts. it's uphill from then. >> host: how many books a year do you read? >> guest: bookclub is 15. me personally, depending on my mood, i could add another 20 to that. thirty-five to 40. if i'm overseas, i will knock things out, close to 50 books. >> host: are you able to access physical books or do you read them online? >> guest: all of the above. i will in some countries just have to do the

res. 291 congratulating the university of oklahoma sooners softball team by winning the 2021 national collegiate athletic association women's college world series. the presiding officer: without objection, the committee is discharged. the senate will proceed to the measure. mrs. gillibrand: i ask unanimous consent that the resolution be agreed to, the preamble be agreed to, and that the motions to reconsider be laid, be made and laid upon the table. the presiding officer: without objection. mrs. gillibrand: i ask unanimous consent that the senate proceed to the consideration of s. res. 306 submitted earlier today. 307 submitted earlier today. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. the clerk: s. res. 307 congratulating the mississippi state university baseball team on winning the 2021 national collegiate athletic association division one baseball championship. the presiding officer: without objection, the senate will proceed to the measure. mrs. gillibrand: i ask unanimous consent the resolution be agreed to, the preamble be agreed to and that the motions to reconsider be consid

the universities of texas and oklahoma announced their intent to leave the big 12 conference. the schools want to i didn't know the southeastern conference. well, that move could trigger a mad scramble for conference realignment in college football. that is tonight's live look outside the beltway from "special report." we'll be right back. ♪ you can go your own way ♪ we did it again. verizon has been named america's most reliable network by rootmetrics. and our customers rated us #1 for network quality in america according to j.d. power. number one in reliability, 16 times in a row. most awarded for network quality, 27 times in a row. proving once again that nobody builds networks like verizon. that's why we're building 5g right, that's why there's only one best network. millions of vulnerable americans struggle to get reliable transportation to their medical appointments. that's why i started medhaul. citi launched the impact fund to invest in both women and entrepreneurs of color like me, so i can realize my vision and give everything i've got to my company, and my community

udoh grew up in oklahoma, played for baylor and the university of michigan.n went on to the nba and to worldwide basketball. is basketball as big in china as it is here in the states? >> guest: i mean, probably bigger. laugh of la -- [laughter] they really enjoy their basketball. but first,th i have to say shout out to -- on the national championships this year. >> host: and a lot of your former teams are in the playoffs this year. >> guest: i went out to support some of my former teammates, just check in with them. >> host: were you able to get your teammates to read books as well with you? >> guest: well, not necessarily with me, but they'd start asking me for book recommendations, and that's where it started. once i get 'em there, it's uphill. >> host: how many books a year do you read? >> guest: book club is 15, me personally depending on my mood, i could add another 20 to that. 35-40. if i'm overseas, i'm knocking out close to 50 books. >> host: and are you able to access physical books, or do you read them online? >> guest: all of the above. i will, in

of all my colleagues at the networks, good night. very detailed anatomically correct praying hands that are over 60 feet tall. that's at the entrance to oral roberts university in tulsa. oklahoma is the birthplace of will rogers, of course. also brad pitt, also woody guthrie and alfre woodard. it's the birthplace of elizabeth warren and t. boone pickens, and wilma mankiller, the first woman chief of the cherokee nation. oklahoma is home to the 76 foot tall golden oil driller, because. oklahoma is the place where the state capitol grounds hold the worldwide distinction, we think, of being the only capital anywhere that has an oil well drained drilled under it. the oil well at the oklahoma state capital, which actually goes under the capitol. it's called petunia number one, because they started drilling it from what once was apparently of really nice flower bed that had petunias. the oklahoma aquarium is home to the world's largest collection of bold heads sharks. there's a lot to love about oklahoma. i love a lot about oklahoma. it's home to the flaming lips, of course. and to the country's most underrated, ought to be a national star singer-songwriter john moreland who lives i

of american citizenship, and we should treat it as such. >> our guest joining us from inside the tulsa oklahoma historical society and museum. hannibal johnson is an attorney, also studied at the university of arkansas. and theresa is joining us from tulsa, oklahoma. good morning. >> caller: good morning. my name is theresa. and in 1989 or '90, i still have the letter, senator maxine horn there assigned me because of my husband and i expertise in blues to the greenwood task force. and during that period of time we heard haunting stories because people were interviewed, and there were a lot more people that were alive during that time. and one of the stories that absolutely haunts me is a story of a woman giving birth, and in the exodus where people were having to leave in droves, they put the baby in a man's shoe box. and somehow in the craziness and fear that shoe box got lost. so we have moved to california, and now we're back and we've been here a year. and i want to come and get involved with greenwood again. so that's what i have to say. >> theresa, thank you for sharing your story with us. we'll get a response. hannibal johnson? >> yeah, what a moving story. i remember the story of

of all my colleagues at the networks, good night. very detailed anatomically correct praying hands that are over 60 feet tall. that's at the entrance to oral roberts university in tulsa. oklahomarad pitt, also woody

of fame. oklahoma is home to this giant pair of very vrany anatomically correct hands at the entrance to oral roberts university in tulsa. it's the birthplace of will rogers, brad pitt, woody guthrie. it's the birthplace of elizabeth warren and wilma mankiller. this 76-foot-tall golden oil driller because oklahoma is the place where the state capitol grounds hold the worldwide distinction, we think, of being the only capitol anywhere that has an oil well drilled under it. the oil well at the oklahoma state shortstop, which actually goes under the capitol, is called petunia number one because they started drilling if from what was apparently a really nice flower bed that had petunias. the oklahoma aquarium is home to the largest collection of bull head sharks. there is a lot to love about oklahoma. i love a lot about oklahoma. oklahoma is home to the flaming lips, of course, and to the country's most underrated national star singer/songwriter john more land to lives in tulsa and i'm obsessed with. oklahoma is where judd die woodruff and bill moyer. it's impossible not to love oklahoma. and in the 2020 election l

one of the nba draft was held thursday night and there was little doubt who would be the first pick. >> in the 2021 nba draft, detroit pistons select cade cunningham from oklahoma state universityerall to the pistons. and the 19-year-old freshman guard from oklahoma state was one of the best players in college basketball last season leading the cowboys to the second round of the ncaa tournament. he will look to get the pistons back to their storied success. >>> you see it there, pure joy in minnesota, family and friends of suni lee react as she snagged go gold. for lee's family and for her community back in the u.s., it is a reflection of their resilience in overcoming hardship and tragedy. will ripley tells us about see k lee's road to gold. >> reporter: from a family of refugees to olympic gold for team usa. >> it didn't even feel like real life. >> reporter: 18-year-old suni lee, stepping up when simone biles stepped back. taking women's individual all-around gold. win number six in the event for team usa, tying the former soviet union's record. >> this medal would not be possible without my coaches, the medical team, my parents and this is just so surreal and i haven't even

oklahoma ranked in nearly 160 million. the 9th most of any university that's data from the education department in a statement, the big 12 commissioner wrote the conference is disappointed with the decisions. you think? but that it will work to achieve continued success in the future, which may or may not be possible cnbc's sports correspondent, jabari young is with us now. you know, big picture here, there are endless possibilities. i mean, you read about maybe the pac-12 grows, maybe the s.e.c. becomes a super conference i don't know we really know except that everything is about to change. >> yes, shep, and first of all, welcome back, missed you on the show, and secondly, you know, looking at this whole thing unfold, it reminds me of "game of thrones," one of my favorite shows, everybody is cutting deals, trying to create the power, trying to get the money with texas and oklahoma, i think they're looking at this, the name, image and likeness, that has a part to do with it the s.e.c. saying why do we need the ncaa anymore with the rules now changing f

of african-americans were killed. next, president biden's remarks in tulsa, oklahoma where he traveled to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the tulsa race massacre. [ applause ] >>> when i enrolled as an undergraduate at the university of pennsylvania, i my grandmother gave me a manuscript written by her great grandfather j stratford. he was a memoir of his own father buying his freedom. continuing through his life as a successful business owner and hotelier in tulsa, oklahoma. it was by reading this memoir that i understood a part of family history that had only been spoken about in whisper. the tulsa race massacre that had destroyed our family business and criminalized our patriarch j.b. stratford. j.b. had a hotel business in tulsa that would have been worth over $2 million in today's money. his hotel, the 54-room hotel on historic greenwood avenue was burned to the ground during the tulsa race massacre of 1921, along with over 30 square blocks of black owned property. causing him to flee to kansas and later to chicago to save his own life. he was falsely indicted for inciting the riot by an inflamed white grand jury for daring to stand up with his community to stop a mob from breaking into the jail and lynching

of african-americans were killed. next, president biden's remarks in tulsa, oklahoma, where he traveled to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the tulsa race massacre. [ cheers and applause ] here wits an undergraduate at the university of pennsylvania. my >> when i enrolled as an undergraduate at the university ofof pennsylvania, my grandmoth gave me a manuscript written by her great-grandfather, j.b. stratford. it waswn a memoir that began wi j.b.'s father buying his own freedom from enslavement in versailles, o kentucky, and continued through j.b.'s life as a successful business owner and hotelier in tulsa, oklahoma. it was by t reading this memoir that i understood a part of family history that had only been spoken about in whisper. the tulsa race massacre that had destroyed our family business, and criminalized our patriarch. a hotel business in tulsa, that would educated at oberlin college and indianapolis law school, j.b. had a hotel business in tulsa that would have been worth over $2 million in today's money. his hotel, the 54-room stratford hotel on the historic greenwood avenue, was sacked and burned to the ground during the tulsa race massacre of 1921. along with over 30 square blocks of black-owned prope

to talk about the fresh air of your misery, coming out of the university of missouri, and while issac -- wally funk to the south, in oklahomage that puts people like you into space? janet: i have thought about that a lot. there are a lot of midwesterners who like to go to space. for me, it was seeing the night sky. from the midwest, it is very beautiful. you can see the stars. you can see the milky way. it is so majestic when you look at space from that vantage point. i know from a very young age i would tell my dad that i wanted to go up there and see what it would be like to be in space and look back at the earth. maybe it is that. maybe there are not the other constructions you have any more urban life. you have time to dream, time to look up there, time to think about exploring. maybe a combination of those things is what inspires us midwesterners. tom: greatly appreciated. the sierra space executive and nasa astronaut and former director of a nasa research center. tom: -- jonathan: nothing can pull me away from the bond market for too long. we will have full coverage of the markets in 34 minutes. the bond market is big

oklahoma connected to the tulsa massacre. alaina: yeah so i feel like with the university, everywhere i can hoping that this narrative is kind of changing i think it has a little. with the centennial but understanding that african-americans came to tulsa more interested in tulsa in the oklahoma region because of this lack native history because of this existence of black people owned by native americans i thank you so really the key to understanding the foundation of the wealth that was created like wall street and also height of the existence of entrepreneurship but also by pulling so many of the black towns that exist in oklahoma were created by people who had land allotments to the dawes process so those people came together with african-americans from the u.s. in towns like oklahoma land allotment. so the african-americans in the native territory are already expecting a different experience because they know that there are opportunities and that there is a different kind of landscape because of tribal sovereignty because these black people do have the right and the jury is going up in 1907 and one in the united states, much

university of michigan, called it the "the black promised land." he was under the tutelage of dr. franklin, people became more aware based on the book but the major opening came between 1997 and 2001. the oklahoma commission to study the tulsa race riot of 1921 held hearings, met regularly, released a report in february 2001. and that drew international attention, and it really opened the flood gates in terms of awareness, acknowledgment, and the beginnings of curricular reform. >> we want to thank you, of course, for being with us. we also want to thank the tulsa historical society and museum for providing us with a lot of resources we're using to tell the story of what happened, a century ago, may 31st, 1921. and just two weeks after that incident, the mayor is named td evans had this statement to the commissioners looking into the events in greenwood, known as "black wall street" and i want you to react to this. i know it's in your book, "black wall street," hannibal johnson. let the blame for this negro jup rising lie right where it belongs, on those armed negros and their followers who had started this trouble, and who instigated it and any americans who seek to put half the blame on the w

universities. there's also montana, oklahoma, and utah. and the legislation does vary state by state. so if you look at indiana and florida, for instance, they're focused more so on prohibiting this idea ofdocumentation of your vaccination status whereas the other states are really focused on prohibiting the actual requirement of getting vaccinated and it's interesting, also, when you look at the public's opinion of this, a kaiser family foundation poll found that among the public, about half of people sur vet surveyed support vaccine requirements in schools. one in ten say they are get their kids vaccinated if it's required in school. 42% of parents 14 to 17 say their child is vaccinated or they have plans to do so. this is an interesting conversation. >> and as school approaches, so too will more of this conversation. jacqueline howard, thank you. >>> so this morning, the white house is voicing support for more vaccine requirements at the local level after dr. anthony fauci said they are necessary. this is as the delta variant becomes more dominant in the united states. >> i have been of this opinion and i remain of that opinion that i do believe at the local level, jake, there should

and a big night for the future stars of the nba >> with the first pick in the 2021 nba draft, the detroit pistons select cade cunningham, oklahoma state universitye cunningham, the number one overall pick in the draft, heading to detroit widely considered the best player available in the draft, by the way the second pick, the houston rockets selected young g-league standout jalen green >> darling little girl that cade cunningham has >>> let's keep the sports going and the olympic action here in tokyo. in the wake of suni lee's gold in the all-around, the event finals will be this weekend. >> it remains to be seen if simone biles will compete. that will potentially open up an unexpected opportunity for her teammate, mykayla skinner. natalie morales is here with that story a lot of people thought her journey was over >> she was ready to say good-bye that would be an comeback story. mykayla spent days cheering on her teammates. after she said what was an emotional farewell to her impressive run but if simone isn't able to compete, mykayla might come back on the competition floor >> a fantastic job >> reporter: just days ago, it looked like her olym