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More than 10 people that was announced on
Monday by us President Donald Trump the
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away White House bureau chief Steve Herman
has details the president in the White
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House briefing room also said people should
not patronize bars or restaurants and
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not unnecessarily socialize as we come by
the virus see each and every one of us
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has
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a critical role to play in stopping the
spread in transmission of the writers as the
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president spoke the Dow Jones Industrial
Average closed down 13 percent its worst
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performance since the start of the coronavirus
crisis asked about the plunge Trump
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said markets will boom again once the
pandemic passes but he acknowledged in the
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meantime the economy could go into
a recession Steve Herman v.o.a.
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News at the White House Dr Deborah Burke's
coordinator for the federal response to
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the virus called on the millennial generation
to lead the charge she did that on
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A.B.C.'s Good Morning America right now
we need the army and Millennial is out
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there doing everything that they can to
protect themselves from getting infected
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because we know
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a lot of their cases will be mild or
asymptomatic and making sure that they're
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doing every single Perkasa and to protect
their parents and grandparents organizers
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of the Tokyo 2020 lympics said today that
they would proceed with the torch relay
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on March the 26 despite threats of the
coronavirus to minimize the risks organizing
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committee c.e.o.
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Toshiro said all of vents associated
with the games including the local
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government's welcoming ceremonies will be
canceled he told reporters in Tokyo that
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spectators will not attend the grand
opening event in Fukushima this is
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v.o.a. Nudes. With fears of the
coronavirus pandemic sweeping the u.s.
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Democratic presidential candidates Joe
Biden and Bernie Sanders staged virtual
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rallies last night that's
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a day ahead of today's presidential nominating
primary elections and 4 states that
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the former vice president is expected to
win handily burning not giving up and
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getting his message out however we have
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a president. Who is in so many ways
unfit to be president in terms of the
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corona virus is making
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a very difficult situation even worse
by undermining what the doctors and the
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scientists are saying 4 states holding
their primaries today include all Heigho
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Florida Arizona and I'll annoy several
African governments have closed borders
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restricted flights and implemented strict
quarantines meant to curb the spread of
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the coronavirus for v.o.a.
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Simon Marsh reports on covert nineteen's
economic impact on Africa the United
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Nations series it now
estimates Africa's g.d.p.
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Rate will full from 3.2 percent to 1.8
percent this year little has some when is
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secretary general of the United Nations
Economic Commission for Africa this is
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going to feel very severe for little girls
even though the numbers of cases on the
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continent are quite small Just look at the
African results to be directly affected
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but when you look at the economics I think
that is where the big stories for Africa
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we are being severely affected over
the weekend Kenya shut its borders to
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foreigners while Ghana bound
injury to anyone who had visited
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a country with the coronavirus in the last
2 weeks South Africa which is already in
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a recession has declared
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a national state of emergency and travel
to and from China Europe on the us some in
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my view
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a news out of the International Organization
for Migration reports that despite
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Yemen's brutal civil war tens of thousands
of refugees and migrants cross the Gulf
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of Aden each year. Or v.o.a.
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Lisa reports from headquarters in Geneva
the United Nations considers Yemen the
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world's worst humanitarian catastrophe
despite this to stab situation migrants from
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the Horn of Africa remain undeterred in
their determination to reach Yemen and then
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to Saudi Arabia and to hope for better
life last year the International
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Organization for Migration reports more
than 138000 people cross the Gulf of Aden
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to Yemen it says an agreement last year
between Saudi Arabia in Ethiopia that
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allows 100000 Ethiopian workers to travel
legally to Saudi Arabia for work has been
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successful and the agency calls for
it to be expensive. For v.o.a.
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News. Story.
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the lives of my heart my. Son in.
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a watch of the world and the
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to. Do it again it's.
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light of the bad and I
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Chacon and glad to be here with you
hope everybody staying safe and most
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Marian stories in
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a song told them. To
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me.
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As Demi Lovato's latest anyone on v.o.a.
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One of the heads related celebrity thing
about donning hard plastic gloves and
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an attempt to avoid the coronavirus again
I hope you guys are out there feeling
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good taking care of your own if you just
stay in the House they do the anything
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better to do than just enjoy
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a little bit of music like this next one
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a leap with don't start now on the head.
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As you have
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a trampoline. At the letter sent
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you is making. A promise you
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little and. If you don't believe
me. All you gotta do is flip the
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switch before we bed.
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plain old song Islamist. Rebel way down.
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All.
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You got a lot to v.o.a.
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Was on the head. Welcome to
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learning English
00:29:54
a daily 30 minute program from
the Voice of America I must go
00:30:01
and I'm Dorothy Gandhi this program is
aimed at English learners so we speak
00:30:08
a little slower and we use words and
phrases as specially written for people
00:30:15
learning English.
00:30:22
Today on the program you will hear stories
from Susan Shand John Russell and Steve
00:30:28
ember But 1st this report from autumn
00:30:32
a tale from v.o.a.
00:30:36
Learning English this is the health
and lifestyle reports. Every culture
00:30:43
has some sorts of person to person greeting
but they are different all over the
00:30:48
world in some countries such as
the United States handshakes and
00:30:55
hugs are the norm in many European
cultures kisses on the cheek or
00:31:02
air kisses are the thing to do when
greeting people and if you play on
00:31:08
a sports team high fives may be the
greeting no matter what your cultural
00:31:14
background these are our
traditions during normal times
00:31:22
the World Health Organization
recently declared the new coronavirus
00:31:26
a pandemic health officials all over the
world are urging people to wash their
00:31:33
hands frequently people are warned
to avoid large crowds and to
00:31:40
practice social distancing to
control the spread of the disease
00:31:46
this has led to new ways of greetings
around the world the new code 19
00:31:53
virus came from will haunt China
so it is not surprising that
00:31:58
a video featuring something called the
Wu hunt shake recently went viral
00:32:06
in the video a man offers
his hand to another man for
00:32:11
a handshake instead of shaking hands the
2 men greet each other by kicking feet
00:32:18
quick right kick quick left kick
the video then shows more men
00:32:25
greeting each other this way
it looks like a dance step or
00:32:30
a soccer move other videos are appearing
on social media showing people
00:32:37
in other parts of the world
using the foot tap as
00:32:41
a greeting. John un is
00:32:45
a television host or Voice of America's
China service her job involves contact
00:32:52
with many on air guests so she says she
has changed her guest greeting policy.
00:33:00
Searching today I was
telling my guests appear in
00:33:04
a studio we don't shake hands anymore we
do touch we do you know foot tapping or we
00:33:10
say for kissing you know another journalist
in Vo ways China branch Sharon Wu is
00:33:17
taking
00:33:17
a different approach for now she has not
changed the way she greets guests however
00:33:24
she has
00:33:25
a new after greeting habit group
hand-washing recently we have some
00:33:32
guests coming to the studio and for me I
still shake hands with them after that I
00:33:38
say Ok that's all. And wash and. Mirror.
00:33:45
Works of Voice of America in the Afghan
service he says while hugging between men
00:33:52
and women is not common same sex
hugging is however those who used to
00:33:58
hug have started using new ways
of greeting people. Really people
00:34:05
are not chicken comments
but you are creating
00:34:08
a really they are not hiding which is
common among Afghans here in my service we
00:34:14
are just looking sometimes we are kicking
feet to each other and sometimes we are
00:34:20
just you know having. To each
other in Iran people have used
00:34:26
a similar greeting called but bump besides
the foot kick butt bump and elbow
00:34:33
touch there are other ways to greet people
without touching many Asian cultures
00:34:40
already use non-contact greetings. So
people in this part of the world may
00:34:47
have an easier time of voiding
person to person contact in Japan
00:34:53
a deep bow with both hands
kept down to the sides is
00:34:57
a traditional greeting
in Europe kissing is
00:35:02
a common way to greet people people in
France and other parts of Europe often used
00:35:09
to kisses one on each
cheek or in the air as
00:35:13
a greeting people in Switzerland
give 3 kisses Reuters
00:35:20
reported that health officials in Switzerland
and France have advised people to
00:35:25
stop the traditional kiss greeting and the
Italian government has banned kissing
00:35:32
in an effort to stop the spread of
the disease this is not the 1st time
00:35:39
a government has made lip contact
between people forbidden in
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1439 kissing was temporarily banned in
England during ceremonies involving King
00:35:52
Henry the 6th this was to avoid endangering
the king's life during the plague
00:36:00
and that's the health and
lifestyle reports on I'm
00:36:03
a Teo. 60
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years have passed sense American Rosalyn
pope came home from Europe to the southern
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United States at the time parts
of the South still enforced
00:36:25
segregation of the races blacks were
required to live separately from
00:36:31
whites. Concerned about injustice
and angry pope sat down and
00:36:38
wrote
00:36:38
a document that became an appeal of 1st
human rights it was published on March
00:36:45
9th 1960 it announced the
formation of the Atlanta student
00:36:52
movement whose campaign of civil
disobedience helped end racist laws and
00:36:58
policies across the south
after all this time Rosalind
00:37:05
pope is still deeply worried that the
rights she and others fought for are slowly
00:37:12
disappearing we have to be careful
it's not as if we can rest
00:37:19
and think that all is well she told
The Associated Press last week
00:37:26
the appeal quickly became a civil rights
call to action after it appeared as
00:37:32
a full page advertisement in Atlanta's
newspapers it was denounced
00:37:39
by Georgia's then Governor Ernest
then Davar However the pope's
00:37:45
appeal was celebrated in many other
areas the New York Times and The Los
00:37:52
Angeles Times reprinted it it also was
entered into the Congressional Record
00:37:59
the official record of the u.s.
00:38:01
Congress the idea was to explain why
black students would not listen to
00:38:08
their parents professors and police
who urged them to end segregation
00:38:15
through the political system the
students decided to take action
00:38:22
the appeal denounced the racist
laws that controlled education jobs
00:38:28
housing voting and law
enforcement. It called on
00:38:35
all people of good will to
work to end segregation we do
00:38:42
not intend to wait for those rights
which are already legally and morally
00:38:49
ours to be meted out to us one at
00:38:52
a time it said The time has
come for the people of
00:38:59
Atlanta and Georgia to take
00:39:01
a good look at what is really happening in
this country and to stop believing those
00:39:07
who tell us that everything is fine
and equal it said the students
00:39:14
persuaded Atlanta's black families to
boycott segregated stores and theaters
00:39:21
they told them to repeatedly seek service
in places where black people were not
00:39:27
permitted after many acts of
nonviolent protest hundreds of
00:39:34
students were arrested throughout that
spring and summer pope wrote the Atlantic
00:39:41
student movements appeal as
00:39:43
a 21 year old student body
president at Spelman College
00:39:50
born and raised in Atlanta pope said she
did not know how it felt to be free until
00:39:57
she was 20 when she spent
a year in Europe on
00:40:01
a Merrill scholarship there
were no places I couldn't go no
00:40:07
programs I couldn't take advantage of
no limits to my existence I could eat
00:40:14
where I wanted I couldn't do that in
Atlanta she said I felt like the shackles
00:40:21
had been taken off me. When she
returned to the United States I was
00:40:28
so miserable I just didn't know how
I was going to stand it she said.
00:40:36
Pope said she was drinking coffee with
Julian Bond who would later become
00:40:41
a leader of the civil rights
movement when they learned about
00:40:45
a sit in and North Carolina during the
protest black students would enter an
00:40:52
all white restaurant and refuse
to leave why aren't we doing that
00:40:59
bond and Pope asked themselves
we decided to start
00:41:05
a movement pope recalled college
officials asked pope bond and other
00:41:12
students to write
00:41:14
a public document explaining their
decision to act pope wrote it herself
00:41:21
while Julian Bond used
00:41:23
a typewriter to put her words to
paper their campaign of boycotts
00:41:30
and sit ins forced white leaders to
desegregation stores theaters and schools
00:41:37
I'm Susan Chand this.
00:41:46
Is getting its very own museum in
its birthplace in New York State.
00:41:54
The past is the name for the music dance
and fashion culture that developed
00:42:01
around 50 years ago in The New
York City borough of the Bronx
00:42:08
the permanent home of the universal
Hip-Hop museum set to open in
00:42:15
2023 celebrates the
cultures history for now
00:42:22
a small pop up exhibit shows
what visitors can expect Rocky
00:42:28
Cano is the museum's executive
director. He noted that until
00:42:35
now there isn't
00:42:37
a physical place that is dedicated to the
preservation and celebration of hip hop
00:42:44
history and culture who canno
told the Reuters News Agency
00:42:50
that the museum started as
an idea about 80 years ago
00:42:57
rappers Kurtis Blow Africa.
And Grandmaster Melle
00:43:03
a Mel wanted to make sure that the
stories can be told accurately by the
00:43:10
people who created the history
themselves who Kano said other
00:43:16
performers have since become partners
in the project they include us
00:43:23
ice tea and l.l. Cool j.
00:43:27
Hip hop was born in the
South Bronx in the 1970 s.
00:43:33
The dancing rapping and deejaying
parts of hip hop grew out of the
00:43:40
difficult inner city and Vironment hip
hop has since developed into part
00:43:47
of popular culture the new exhibit
tells about the early days of hip hop
00:43:55
The exhibit will be replaced every 6 months
with the next period in the cultures
00:44:01
development when the
museum is complete the
00:44:06
$5570.00 square metre space
will have interactive exhibits
00:44:13
live shows film screenings and
conferences one room will
00:44:20
have
00:44:20
a break be narratives interactive
console the device was created with
00:44:27
Microsoft Corporation and the mit
Center for Advanced virtuality.
00:44:34
It takes visitors on
00:44:36
a hip hop history trip based on their
reactions to different characters in
00:44:42
a game it forms
00:44:44
a custom narrative of hip hop history based
on their musical preferences who Kano
00:44:51
said the exhibit will include Kurtis
Blow's original beat box machine
00:44:59
and the 1st and 2nd to rap records
ever released the grand opening in
00:45:05
2023 is planned to mark 50
years of hip hop work on the
00:45:12
project will begin in
July. I'm John Ross all.
00:45:23
Welcome to the making of a nation
American history in the oh
00:45:28
a special English I'm Steve them Barry.
The United States entered the 2nd
00:45:35
World War In December of 1941
Europe at already been at war since
00:45:42
1939 but the United States did not enter
00:45:46
a World War 2 until Japanese forces at
tact the American naval base at Pearl
00:45:53
Harbor Hawaii. The attack was
00:45:59
a surprise but American military and political
leaders had believed that the United
00:46:06
States sooner or later would be pulled into
the fighting and they began to prepare
00:46:12
for war. President Franklin Roosevelt
had been assistant secretary of the
00:46:19
Navy under President Woodrow Wilson
during World War one he remembered how
00:46:26
American troops were not ready if up back
war now but he was President Roosevelt
00:46:32
wanted to be sure that the United States
would be ready when it had to fight
00:46:39
throughout 1941 Roosevelt urged
American industries to produce more
00:46:45
weapons and other military supplies the
as stablished new government agencies
00:46:52
to work with industry to increase arms
production. Some business leaders
00:46:58
resisted Roosevelt's efforts they felt there
was no need to produce more arms while
00:47:05
the United States was still at peace
but many others cooperated and by the
00:47:12
time Japan attacked Pearl Harbor the
American. Enemy was producing millions of
00:47:18
guns and other weapons still
this was not enough to fight
00:47:23
a war after the Japanese attack Roosevelt
increased his demands on American
00:47:30
industry he called 460000 war planes 45000
00:47:37
tanks and $20000.00 anti aircraft
guns and he wanted all these
00:47:44
within one year. A month after
the Pearl Harbor raid Roosevelt
00:47:51
organized
00:47:51
a special committee to direct military
production he created another group to
00:47:58
help companies find men and women
for defense work and he established
00:48:04
a new office where the nation's best
scientists and engineers Good work together to
00:48:11
design new weapons. These new
government organizations faced several
00:48:18
problems sometimes factories produced
too much of one product and not
00:48:25
enough of another sometimes tools
broke and some business owners
00:48:31
refused to accept government orders but
the weapons were produced and American
00:48:37
troops soon have begun
sand supplies they need.
00:48:48
The federal government had to quickly
expand its own workforce to meet war needs
00:48:55
federal spending increased from
$60000000000.00 in 1940 to
00:49:01
$89000000000.00 in 1944
that was 15 times as much
00:49:08
spending in just 5 years Roosevelt
had to take strong steps to get the
00:49:15
money for all this spending he put limits
on wages he increased income taxes to
00:49:22
as much as 94 percent on potions
of incomes over $200000.00
00:49:29
and he asked the American people to lend
money to the federal government the people
00:49:35
answered by purchasing almost
$100000000000.00 in war bonds the great
00:49:42
injuries in public spending raise the
threat of high inflation Roosevelt
00:49:48
created the special office with the
power to control prices many Americans
00:49:55
agreed with the idea of price controls
but every business wanted somebody
00:50:02
else's prices controlled not their
own. Federal officials had to work
00:50:08
hard to keep prices and supplies under
control they restricted how much meat
00:50:16
fuel and other goods people could
buy. The friends controlled program
00:50:22
generally worked its success kept the
American economy strong to support the troops
00:50:29
fighting in Europe and the Asia. One
reason these strong economic steps worked
00:50:36
was because most of big American people
fully supported the war effort the order
00:50:43
to come fall 000-000-0000 extension
0. Oh oh oh oh oh but. She's
00:50:49
supposed to be sending she's making
history be part of it can be broken.
00:50:57
To keep shuffle people sad but sitting up
there on the pistol that don't fit into
00:51:04
that image and voting. For the bush
to get out of the thing channeling
00:51:11
the moving. Closer to the picture you can
get over time on the bit and wishing them
00:51:18
when they get a lot of
attention she was found as
00:51:21
a gift to be there something
true about that Biden blew up
00:51:26
a. Little bit you can look at photographs
of people from those times and see
00:51:32
in their faces how strongly they felt.
In one picture from the state of North
00:51:39
Carolina
00:51:40
a group of men there standing in front
of old rubber tires they are planning to
00:51:46
give the tires to the army to be fixed
and used for military vehicles. Another
00:51:53
photo shows a woman visiting
a hospital she is singing to
00:51:58
a soldier to lift his spirits still
another photo shows a man who owns
00:52:05
a small food store he is placing
the signs on meat and cans of food
00:52:12
to tell people how much they are allowed
to buy. You can also get an idea
00:52:19
about the feelings of the times by the
names of some of the popular songs during
00:52:25
World War 2. Come back there.
00:52:35
Well I. Was.
00:52:42
Alone. While I.
00:52:49
Was. In
00:52:56
addition to Rosie the Riveter there were
songs like Praise the Lord am handsfree
00:53:02
ammunition. One of the most hopeful
songs was this one recorded by Britons
00:53:09
of Iran the.
00:53:16
Bomb bomb bomb.
00:53:22
Bomb bomb I get. Along
00:53:27
a lot more. And the Raynaud's
00:53:33
lawyer bomb plot to bomb from the school.
00:53:42
My kids laundry eat into the bomb. Bomb
00:53:48
bomb bomb.
00:53:55
Bomb. Bomb bomb bomb.
00:54:04
And eventually. Launch
00:54:11
was. When we. Saw
00:54:17
a new fly when he really.
Honestly we launched the.
00:54:28
Dawn again.
00:54:38
Not only Americans supported the war
00:54:42
a small number refused to fight because
of religious or moral beliefs they were
00:54:48
known as conscientious objectors and
some Americans supported out all Fittler
00:54:55
and other fascists but almost everyone
else wanted to win the war quickly
00:55:02
and return to
00:55:03
a normal life. Many Japanese
Americans served with honor
00:55:10
in the United States armed forces but
many Americans were suspicious of anyone
00:55:17
whose family had come from Japan.
They refused to trust even Japanese
00:55:23
American families who had lived in
the United States for more than
00:55:28
a century. Many banks refused and
then money to Japanese Americans
00:55:36
many stores would not sell the 2 of
them. The federal government relocated
00:55:42
thousands of Japanese Americans in
California and other states into
00:55:48
internment camps they were
released only after the war ended.
00:55:55
It was many years before the government
officially apologized for mistreating
00:56:01
Japanese Americans.
00:56:23
But one more to do the progress for another
group that was often the target of
00:56:29
discrimination black
Americans. Black leaders
00:56:36
spoke out they said that
it was unfair it to fight
00:56:40
a war for freedom in Europe while black
Americans did not have old the same
00:56:47
freedoms as white citizens.
But white innocent or less.
00:56:55
Well known or some of. Them I'm going.
00:57:02
To give all right revolution
but no one to bring in 1941
00:57:08
a leader in the black community
00:57:11
a Philip Randolph threatened to lead
that giant March on Washington for civil
00:57:17
rights for blacks. President Roosevelt
reacted by issuing an order that made it
00:57:24
a crime to deny blacks that chance
for jobs in defense industries
00:57:31
He also ordered the armed forces to change
some of their rules that discriminated
00:57:38
against blacks service members. Blacks
made progress in the military and
00:57:45
defense industries but most other
industries still refused to give them an
00:57:52
equal chance. Major progress and civil
rights would not come until the
00:57:59
19 fifties and sixties.
00:58:16
Life was busy during the war years there
were many changes in the economy business
00:58:22
music race relations and other areas
but in many ways life continued as it
00:58:29
always does America. Did what they could
during the hard years of World War 2 The
00:58:36
Good Life on the home front as normal as
possible but almost everyone understood
00:58:42
that the 1st job was to support the
troops overseas and win the war.
00:58:50
This strength of purpose at home gave
American soldiers the support they needed and
00:58:56
it also helped President Roosevelt as
he negotiated with other world leaders
00:59:03
diplomacy and foreign relations became
much more complex during the war.
00:59:16
And that's our program for today listen
again tomorrow to learn English through
00:59:23
stories from around the world I'm
Pete Musto and I'm Dorothy Gandy.
00:59:50
There's this video
00:59:52
a new. White House is urging Americans to
avoid crowds and eating out as part of
00:59:59
the bridge to fight the unexpected
surge of the coronavirus a.p.
01:00:03
Washington correspondent Sagar Madani
reports the sweeping guidelines call for
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older Americans and school kids to stay
home made for everybody to avoid groups of
01:00:13
more than 10 if everyone makes this.
Change or these critical changes and
01:00:19
sacrifices now we will rally together as
one nation and we will defeat the virus at
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a White House news conference President
Trump struck his most Sauber told yet about
01:00:29
the pandemic and when it might subside they
think oh gift could be could be longer
01:00:36
than that far less optimistic than his
earlier claims that it would go away within
01:00:40
weeks shortly before the Dow closed
down nearly 3000 points the president
01:00:45
acknowledged for the 1st time that
the virus may send the economy into
01:00:49
a recession Saager Magni Washington China
stocks fell to 6 week lows today in
01:00:56
line with global markets says investor
sentiment remained fragile after coordinated
01:01:00
efforts by central banks failed to ease
worries over the corona virus impact
01:01:05
Japan's benchmark Nikkei 225 closed up
point 06 percent speaking from the trading
01:01:12
floor of the Frankfurt stock exchange the
head of Capital Market Analysis of better
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Bank Robert however explained the
fifty's news he says We've seen
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a lot of crises market dot com the many
eurozone crisis the financial crisis the
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real estate prices the Lehmann bankruptcy
virus crisis tops them all because it
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creates
01:01:33
a lot of uncertainty and people are locked
in if you can do what you'd like to do
01:01:38
people are saying this is like during times
of war for us younger people who are
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blessed with being alone or later
this is something new this is v.o.a.
01:01:48
News China expressed strong
opposition Tuesday to u.s.
01:01:53
President Donald Trump using the term
Chinese virus to refer to the novel
01:01:58
coronavirus that has spread to.
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More than 10 people that was announced on
Monday by us President Donald Trump the
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away White House bureau chief Steve Herman
has details the president in the White
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House briefing room also said people should
not patronize bars or restaurants and
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not unnecessarily socialize as we come by
the virus see each and every one of us
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has
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a critical role to play in stopping the
spread in transmission of the writers as the
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president spoke the Dow Jones Industrial
Average closed down 13 percent its worst
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performance since the start of the coronavirus
crisis asked about the plunge Trump
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said markets will boom again once the
pandemic passes but he acknowledged in the
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meantime the economy could go into
a recession Steve Herman v.o.a.
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News at the White House Dr Deborah Burke's
coordinator for the federal response to
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the virus called on the millennial generation
to lead the charge she did that on
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A.B.C.'s Good Morning America right now
we need the army and Millennial is out
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there doing everything that they can to
protect themselves from getting infected
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because we know
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a lot of their cases will be mild or
asymptomatic and making sure that they're
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doing every single Perkasa and to protect
their parents and grandparents organizers
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of the Tokyo 2020 lympics said today that
they would proceed with the torch relay
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on March the 26 despite threats of the
coronavirus to minimize the risks organizing
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committee c.e.o.
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Toshiro said all of vents associated
with the games including the local
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government's welcoming ceremonies will be
canceled he told reporters in Tokyo that
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spectators will not attend the grand
opening event in Fukushima this is
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v.o.a. Nudes. With fears of the
coronavirus pandemic sweeping the u.s.
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Democratic presidential candidates Joe
Biden and Bernie Sanders staged virtual
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rallies last night that's
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a day ahead of today's presidential nominating
primary elections and 4 states that
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the former vice president is expected to
win handily burning not giving up and
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getting his message out however we have
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a president. Who is in so many ways
unfit to be president in terms of the
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corona virus is making
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a very difficult situation even worse
by undermining what the doctors and the
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scientists are saying 4 states holding
their primaries today include all Heigho
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Florida Arizona and I'll annoy several
African governments have closed borders
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restricted flights and implemented strict
quarantines meant to curb the spread of
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the coronavirus for v.o.a.
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Simon Marsh reports on covert nineteen's
economic impact on Africa the United
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Nations series it now
estimates Africa's g.d.p.
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Rate will full from 3.2 percent to 1.8
percent this year little has some when is
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secretary general of the United Nations
Economic Commission for Africa this is
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going to feel very severe for little girls
even though the numbers of cases on the
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continent are quite small Just look at the
African results to be directly affected
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but when you look at the economics I think
that is where the big stories for Africa
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we are being severely affected over
the weekend Kenya shut its borders to
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foreigners while Ghana bound
injury to anyone who had visited
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a country with the coronavirus in the last
2 weeks South Africa which is already in
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a recession has declared
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a national state of emergency and travel
to and from China Europe on the us some in
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my view
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a news out of the International Organization
for Migration reports that despite
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Yemen's brutal civil war tens of thousands
of refugees and migrants cross the Gulf
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of Aden each year. Or v.o.a.
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Lisa reports from headquarters in Geneva
the United Nations considers Yemen the
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world's worst humanitarian catastrophe
despite this to stab situation migrants from
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the Horn of Africa remain undeterred in
their determination to reach Yemen and then
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to Saudi Arabia and to hope for better
life last year the International
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Organization for Migration reports more
than 138000 people cross the Gulf of Aden
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to Yemen it says an agreement last year
between Saudi Arabia in Ethiopia that
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allows 100000 Ethiopian workers to travel
legally to Saudi Arabia for work has been
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successful and the agency calls for
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a watch of the world and the
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about donning hard plastic gloves and
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an attempt to avoid the coronavirus again
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good taking care of your own if you just
stay in the House they do the anything
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better to do than just enjoy
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a little bit of music like this next one
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a leap with don't start now on the head.
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a trampoline. At the letter sent
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little and. If you don't believe
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switch before we bed.
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plain old song Islamist. Rebel way down.
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mummy. Mummy the bolt.
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All.
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You got a lot to v.o.a.
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Was on the head. Welcome to
00:29:52
learning English
00:29:54
a daily 30 minute program from
the Voice of America I must go
00:30:01
and I'm Dorothy Gandhi this program is
aimed at English learners so we speak
00:30:08
a little slower and we use words and
phrases as specially written for people
00:30:15
learning English.
00:30:22
Today on the program you will hear stories
from Susan Shand John Russell and Steve
00:30:28
ember But 1st this report from autumn
00:30:32
a tale from v.o.a.
00:30:36
Learning English this is the health
and lifestyle reports. Every culture
00:30:43
has some sorts of person to person greeting
but they are different all over the
00:30:48
world in some countries such as
the United States handshakes and
00:30:55
hugs are the norm in many European
cultures kisses on the cheek or
00:31:02
air kisses are the thing to do when
greeting people and if you play on
00:31:08
a sports team high fives may be the
greeting no matter what your cultural
00:31:14
background these are our
traditions during normal times
00:31:22
the World Health Organization
recently declared the new coronavirus
00:31:26
a pandemic health officials all over the
world are urging people to wash their
00:31:33
hands frequently people are warned
to avoid large crowds and to
00:31:40
practice social distancing to
control the spread of the disease
00:31:46
this has led to new ways of greetings
around the world the new code 19
00:31:53
virus came from will haunt China
so it is not surprising that
00:31:58
a video featuring something called the
Wu hunt shake recently went viral
00:32:06
in the video a man offers
his hand to another man for
00:32:11
a handshake instead of shaking hands the
2 men greet each other by kicking feet
00:32:18
quick right kick quick left kick
the video then shows more men
00:32:25
greeting each other this way
it looks like a dance step or
00:32:30
a soccer move other videos are appearing
on social media showing people
00:32:37
in other parts of the world
using the foot tap as
00:32:41
a greeting. John un is
00:32:45
a television host or Voice of America's
China service her job involves contact
00:32:52
with many on air guests so she says she
has changed her guest greeting policy.
00:33:00
Searching today I was
telling my guests appear in
00:33:04
a studio we don't shake hands anymore we
do touch we do you know foot tapping or we
00:33:10
say for kissing you know another journalist
in Vo ways China branch Sharon Wu is
00:33:17
taking
00:33:17
a different approach for now she has not
changed the way she greets guests however
00:33:24
she has
00:33:25
a new after greeting habit group
hand-washing recently we have some
00:33:32
guests coming to the studio and for me I
still shake hands with them after that I
00:33:38
say Ok that's all. And wash and. Mirror.
00:33:45
Works of Voice of America in the Afghan
service he says while hugging between men
00:33:52
and women is not common same sex
hugging is however those who used to
00:33:58
hug have started using new ways
of greeting people. Really people
00:34:05
are not chicken comments
but you are creating
00:34:08
a really they are not hiding which is
common among Afghans here in my service we
00:34:14
are just looking sometimes we are kicking
feet to each other and sometimes we are
00:34:20
just you know having. To each
other in Iran people have used
00:34:26
a similar greeting called but bump besides
the foot kick butt bump and elbow
00:34:33
touch there are other ways to greet people
without touching many Asian cultures
00:34:40
already use non-contact greetings. So
people in this part of the world may
00:34:47
have an easier time of voiding
person to person contact in Japan
00:34:53
a deep bow with both hands
kept down to the sides is
00:34:57
a traditional greeting
in Europe kissing is
00:35:02
a common way to greet people people in
France and other parts of Europe often used
00:35:09
to kisses one on each
cheek or in the air as
00:35:13
a greeting people in Switzerland
give 3 kisses Reuters
00:35:20
reported that health officials in Switzerland
and France have advised people to
00:35:25
stop the traditional kiss greeting and the
Italian government has banned kissing
00:35:32
in an effort to stop the spread of
the disease this is not the 1st time
00:35:39
a government has made lip contact
between people forbidden in
00:35:45
1439 kissing was temporarily banned in
England during ceremonies involving King
00:35:52
Henry the 6th this was to avoid endangering
the king's life during the plague
00:36:00
and that's the health and
lifestyle reports on I'm
00:36:03
a Teo. 60
00:36:12
years have passed sense American Rosalyn
pope came home from Europe to the southern
00:36:19
United States at the time parts
of the South still enforced
00:36:25
segregation of the races blacks were
required to live separately from
00:36:31
whites. Concerned about injustice
and angry pope sat down and
00:36:38
wrote
00:36:38
a document that became an appeal of 1st
human rights it was published on March
00:36:45
9th 1960 it announced the
formation of the Atlanta student
00:36:52
movement whose campaign of civil
disobedience helped end racist laws and
00:36:58
policies across the south
after all this time Rosalind
00:37:05
pope is still deeply worried that the
rights she and others fought for are slowly
00:37:12
disappearing we have to be careful
it's not as if we can rest
00:37:19
and think that all is well she told
The Associated Press last week
00:37:26
the appeal quickly became a civil rights
call to action after it appeared as
00:37:32
a full page advertisement in Atlanta's
newspapers it was denounced
00:37:39
by Georgia's then Governor Ernest
then Davar However the pope's
00:37:45
appeal was celebrated in many other
areas the New York Times and The Los
00:37:52
Angeles Times reprinted it it also was
entered into the Congressional Record
00:37:59
the official record of the u.s.
00:38:01
Congress the idea was to explain why
black students would not listen to
00:38:08
their parents professors and police
who urged them to end segregation
00:38:15
through the political system the
students decided to take action
00:38:22
the appeal denounced the racist
laws that controlled education jobs
00:38:28
housing voting and law
enforcement. It called on
00:38:35
all people of good will to
work to end segregation we do
00:38:42
not intend to wait for those rights
which are already legally and morally
00:38:49
ours to be meted out to us one at
00:38:52
a time it said The time has
come for the people of
00:38:59
Atlanta and Georgia to take
00:39:01
a good look at what is really happening in
this country and to stop believing those
00:39:07
who tell us that everything is fine
and equal it said the students
00:39:14
persuaded Atlanta's black families to
boycott segregated stores and theaters
00:39:21
they told them to repeatedly seek service
in places where black people were not
00:39:27
permitted after many acts of
nonviolent protest hundreds of
00:39:34
students were arrested throughout that
spring and summer pope wrote the Atlantic
00:39:41
student movements appeal as
00:39:43
a 21 year old student body
president at Spelman College
00:39:50
born and raised in Atlanta pope said she
did not know how it felt to be free until
00:39:57
she was 20 when she spent
a year in Europe on
00:40:01
a Merrill scholarship there
were no places I couldn't go no
00:40:07
programs I couldn't take advantage of
no limits to my existence I could eat
00:40:14
where I wanted I couldn't do that in
Atlanta she said I felt like the shackles
00:40:21
had been taken off me. When she
returned to the United States I was
00:40:28
so miserable I just didn't know how
I was going to stand it she said.
00:40:36
Pope said she was drinking coffee with
Julian Bond who would later become
00:40:41
a leader of the civil rights
movement when they learned about
00:40:45
a sit in and North Carolina during the
protest black students would enter an
00:40:52
all white restaurant and refuse
to leave why aren't we doing that
00:40:59
bond and Pope asked themselves
we decided to start
00:41:05
a movement pope recalled college
officials asked pope bond and other
00:41:12
students to write
00:41:14
a public document explaining their
decision to act pope wrote it herself
00:41:21
while Julian Bond used
00:41:23
a typewriter to put her words to
paper their campaign of boycotts
00:41:30
and sit ins forced white leaders to
desegregation stores theaters and schools
00:41:37
I'm Susan Chand this.
00:41:46
Is getting its very own museum in
its birthplace in New York State.
00:41:54
The past is the name for the music dance
and fashion culture that developed
00:42:01
around 50 years ago in The New
York City borough of the Bronx
00:42:08
the permanent home of the universal
Hip-Hop museum set to open in
00:42:15
2023 celebrates the
cultures history for now
00:42:22
a small pop up exhibit shows
what visitors can expect Rocky
00:42:28
Cano is the museum's executive
director. He noted that until
00:42:35
now there isn't
00:42:37
a physical place that is dedicated to the
preservation and celebration of hip hop
00:42:44
history and culture who canno
told the Reuters News Agency
00:42:50
that the museum started as
an idea about 80 years ago
00:42:57
rappers Kurtis Blow Africa.
And Grandmaster Melle
00:43:03
a Mel wanted to make sure that the
stories can be told accurately by the
00:43:10
people who created the history
themselves who Kano said other
00:43:16
performers have since become partners
in the project they include us
00:43:23
ice tea and l.l. Cool j.
00:43:27
Hip hop was born in the
South Bronx in the 1970 s.
00:43:33
The dancing rapping and deejaying
parts of hip hop grew out of the
00:43:40
difficult inner city and Vironment hip
hop has since developed into part
00:43:47
of popular culture the new exhibit
tells about the early days of hip hop
00:43:55
The exhibit will be replaced every 6 months
with the next period in the cultures
00:44:01
development when the
museum is complete the
00:44:06
$5570.00 square metre space
will have interactive exhibits
00:44:13
live shows film screenings and
conferences one room will
00:44:20
have
00:44:20
a break be narratives interactive
console the device was created with
00:44:27
Microsoft Corporation and the mit
Center for Advanced virtuality.
00:44:34
It takes visitors on
00:44:36
a hip hop history trip based on their
reactions to different characters in
00:44:42
a game it forms
00:44:44
a custom narrative of hip hop history based
on their musical preferences who Kano
00:44:51
said the exhibit will include Kurtis
Blow's original beat box machine
00:44:59
and the 1st and 2nd to rap records
ever released the grand opening in
00:45:05
2023 is planned to mark 50
years of hip hop work on the
00:45:12
project will begin in
July. I'm John Ross all.
00:45:23
Welcome to the making of a nation
American history in the oh
00:45:28
a special English I'm Steve them Barry.
The United States entered the 2nd
00:45:35
World War In December of 1941
Europe at already been at war since
00:45:42
1939 but the United States did not enter
00:45:46
a World War 2 until Japanese forces at
tact the American naval base at Pearl
00:45:53
Harbor Hawaii. The attack was
00:45:59
a surprise but American military and political
leaders had believed that the United
00:46:06
States sooner or later would be pulled into
the fighting and they began to prepare
00:46:12
for war. President Franklin Roosevelt
had been assistant secretary of the
00:46:19
Navy under President Woodrow Wilson
during World War one he remembered how
00:46:26
American troops were not ready if up back
war now but he was President Roosevelt
00:46:32
wanted to be sure that the United States
would be ready when it had to fight
00:46:39
throughout 1941 Roosevelt urged
American industries to produce more
00:46:45
weapons and other military supplies the
as stablished new government agencies
00:46:52
to work with industry to increase arms
production. Some business leaders
00:46:58
resisted Roosevelt's efforts they felt there
was no need to produce more arms while
00:47:05
the United States was still at peace
but many others cooperated and by the
00:47:12
time Japan attacked Pearl Harbor the
American. Enemy was producing millions of
00:47:18
guns and other weapons still
this was not enough to fight
00:47:23
a war after the Japanese attack Roosevelt
increased his demands on American
00:47:30
industry he called 460000 war planes 45000
00:47:37
tanks and $20000.00 anti aircraft
guns and he wanted all these
00:47:44
within one year. A month after
the Pearl Harbor raid Roosevelt
00:47:51
organized
00:47:51
a special committee to direct military
production he created another group to
00:47:58
help companies find men and women
for defense work and he established
00:48:04
a new office where the nation's best
scientists and engineers Good work together to
00:48:11
design new weapons. These new
government organizations faced several
00:48:18
problems sometimes factories produced
too much of one product and not
00:48:25
enough of another sometimes tools
broke and some business owners
00:48:31
refused to accept government orders but
the weapons were produced and American
00:48:37
troops soon have begun
sand supplies they need.
00:48:48
The federal government had to quickly
expand its own workforce to meet war needs
00:48:55
federal spending increased from
$60000000000.00 in 1940 to
00:49:01
$89000000000.00 in 1944
that was 15 times as much
00:49:08
spending in just 5 years Roosevelt
had to take strong steps to get the
00:49:15
money for all this spending he put limits
on wages he increased income taxes to
00:49:22
as much as 94 percent on potions
of incomes over $200000.00
00:49:29
and he asked the American people to lend
money to the federal government the people
00:49:35
answered by purchasing almost
$100000000000.00 in war bonds the great
00:49:42
injuries in public spending raise the
threat of high inflation Roosevelt
00:49:48
created the special office with the
power to control prices many Americans
00:49:55
agreed with the idea of price controls
but every business wanted somebody
00:50:02
else's prices controlled not their
own. Federal officials had to work
00:50:08
hard to keep prices and supplies under
control they restricted how much meat
00:50:16
fuel and other goods people could
buy. The friends controlled program
00:50:22
generally worked its success kept the
American economy strong to support the troops
00:50:29
fighting in Europe and the Asia. One
reason these strong economic steps worked
00:50:36
was because most of big American people
fully supported the war effort the order
00:50:43
to come fall 000-000-0000 extension
0. Oh oh oh oh oh but. She's
00:50:49
supposed to be sending she's making
history be part of it can be broken.
00:50:57
To keep shuffle people sad but sitting up
there on the pistol that don't fit into
00:51:04
that image and voting. For the bush
to get out of the thing channeling
00:51:11
the moving. Closer to the picture you can
get over time on the bit and wishing them
00:51:18
when they get a lot of
attention she was found as
00:51:21
a gift to be there something
true about that Biden blew up
00:51:26
a. Little bit you can look at photographs
of people from those times and see
00:51:32
in their faces how strongly they felt.
In one picture from the state of North
00:51:39
Carolina
00:51:40
a group of men there standing in front
of old rubber tires they are planning to
00:51:46
give the tires to the army to be fixed
and used for military vehicles. Another
00:51:53
photo shows a woman visiting
a hospital she is singing to
00:51:58
a soldier to lift his spirits still
another photo shows a man who owns
00:52:05
a small food store he is placing
the signs on meat and cans of food
00:52:12
to tell people how much they are allowed
to buy. You can also get an idea
00:52:19
about the feelings of the times by the
names of some of the popular songs during
00:52:25
World War 2. Come back there.
00:52:35
Well I. Was.
00:52:42
Alone. While I.
00:52:49
Was. In
00:52:56
addition to Rosie the Riveter there were
songs like Praise the Lord am handsfree
00:53:02
ammunition. One of the most hopeful
songs was this one recorded by Britons
00:53:09
of Iran the.
00:53:16
Bomb bomb bomb.
00:53:22
Bomb bomb I get. Along
00:53:27
a lot more. And the Raynaud's
00:53:33
lawyer bomb plot to bomb from the school.
00:53:42
My kids laundry eat into the bomb. Bomb
00:53:48
bomb bomb.
00:53:55
Bomb. Bomb bomb bomb.
00:54:04
And eventually. Launch
00:54:11
was. When we. Saw
00:54:17
a new fly when he really.
Honestly we launched the.
00:54:28
Dawn again.
00:54:38
Not only Americans supported the war
00:54:42
a small number refused to fight because
of religious or moral beliefs they were
00:54:48
known as conscientious objectors and
some Americans supported out all Fittler
00:54:55
and other fascists but almost everyone
else wanted to win the war quickly
00:55:02
and return to
00:55:03
a normal life. Many Japanese
Americans served with honor
00:55:10
in the United States armed forces but
many Americans were suspicious of anyone
00:55:17
whose family had come from Japan.
They refused to trust even Japanese
00:55:23
American families who had lived in
the United States for more than
00:55:28
a century. Many banks refused and
then money to Japanese Americans
00:55:36
many stores would not sell the 2 of
them. The federal government relocated
00:55:42
thousands of Japanese Americans in
California and other states into
00:55:48
internment camps they were
released only after the war ended.
00:55:55
It was many years before the government
officially apologized for mistreating
00:56:01
Japanese Americans.
00:56:23
But one more to do the progress for another
group that was often the target of
00:56:29
discrimination black
Americans. Black leaders
00:56:36
spoke out they said that
it was unfair it to fight
00:56:40
a war for freedom in Europe while black
Americans did not have old the same
00:56:47
freedoms as white citizens.
But white innocent or less.
00:56:55
Well known or some of. Them I'm going.
00:57:02
To give all right revolution
but no one to bring in 1941
00:57:08
a leader in the black community
00:57:11
a Philip Randolph threatened to lead
that giant March on Washington for civil
00:57:17
rights for blacks. President Roosevelt
reacted by issuing an order that made it
00:57:24
a crime to deny blacks that chance
for jobs in defense industries
00:57:31
He also ordered the armed forces to change
some of their rules that discriminated
00:57:38
against blacks service members. Blacks
made progress in the military and
00:57:45
defense industries but most other
industries still refused to give them an
00:57:52
equal chance. Major progress and civil
rights would not come until the
00:57:59
19 fifties and sixties.
00:58:16
Life was busy during the war years there
were many changes in the economy business
00:58:22
music race relations and other areas
but in many ways life continued as it
00:58:29
always does America. Did what they could
during the hard years of World War 2 The
00:58:36
Good Life on the home front as normal as
possible but almost everyone understood
00:58:42
that the 1st job was to support the
troops overseas and win the war.
00:58:50
This strength of purpose at home gave
American soldiers the support they needed and
00:58:56
it also helped President Roosevelt as
he negotiated with other world leaders
00:59:03
diplomacy and foreign relations became
much more complex during the war.
00:59:16
And that's our program for today listen
again tomorrow to learn English through
00:59:23
stories from around the world I'm
Pete Musto and I'm Dorothy Gandy.
00:59:50
There's this video
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a new. White House is urging Americans to
avoid crowds and eating out as part of
00:59:59
the bridge to fight the unexpected
surge of the coronavirus a.p.
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Washington correspondent Sagar Madani
reports the sweeping guidelines call for
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older Americans and school kids to stay
home made for everybody to avoid groups of
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more than 10 if everyone makes this.
Change or these critical changes and
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sacrifices now we will rally together as
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a White House news conference President
Trump struck his most Sauber told yet about
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the pandemic and when it might subside they
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than that far less optimistic than his
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weeks shortly before the Dow closed
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a recession Saager Magni Washington China
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line with global markets says investor
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Japan's benchmark Nikkei 225 closed up
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virus crisis tops them all because it
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people are saying this is like during times
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News China expressed strong
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President Donald Trump using the term
Chinese virus to refer to the novel
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coronavirus that has spread to.
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