important, america first committee in 1940-41, was almost a million members in size. it was lead by industrialists, by members of congress, punitive spokesman was lindbergh, it was made up of all kinds of people, patriotic americans, communist, ain t semites, they had one thing in mind, keep america out of the european war. you see, they had just fought world war i. the country was going through a horrific economic cycle, depression. they didn t want to fight any more. the argument was basically, let s build up our military to protects continental u.s., bombers and other air war craft, ships and subs, but stay out of europe, we went there and lost enough lives. franklin roosevelt was frustrated. he got around neutrality act too give some support to england. which was under attack by the nazis, the nazis moved through much of eastern europe, they were attacking england, we had many people who opposed us getting involved because they didn t think we were ready and tired of the
of a 44 billion dollar deal to buy twitter. as italy battles its worst drought in 70 years, we report from communities which are seeing a third of their agricultural produce threatened. ina in a normal year, even in high summer, i could not do what i m doing right now, which is a walk across this stretch of river po without even getting my feet wet. this riverbed has become a sandbank. and.go for it all naomi campbell gives her advice on modelling and motherhood after being awarded an honorary doctorate for her impact on global fashion. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. our top story in sri lanka protesters have stormed the president s official residence in colombo as the country s economic crisis deepens. the whereabouts of the president are unknown. we can bring you some new pictures which have just come in showing the potesters inside the residence. police fired tear gas in an effort to disperse huge crowds gathered to demand the resig
because a car in the home to go up in flames. she was driving a blue mini cooper when she first crashed into the garage of an apartment complex. one woman described the car passing by at a high rate of speed before hearing the impact. i just saw a flash of blue out of nowhere. it was loud. it did not make sense. moments later, anne heche crashed into a nearby home that caused the blaze that engulfed her car. a shocked neighbor described that the. the fire that was going on, it was 200 feet high so i knew it had to be pretty severe inside. another resident said anne heche sustained injuries but was conscious and breathing when she was russia the hospital. there were no other injuries at the scene. it took firefighters, 59 firefighters over an hour to fully put the fire out at the home which was heavily damaged when the car plowed inside of it she has spoken of her heartbreak over highly publicized split back into thousand. her acting career took off on another world an
and in china, water levels in the yangtze river are currently at a record low. now on bbc news, if you love your baby: the fight for an apology for forced adoptions. this is the story about loss. of lives changed, love fractured. it happened not long ago and the pain has followed those involved down through history. i lost the only thing in my life that i ever wanted. i loved her so much. i still love her. i m her mum! it was to be a secret. it was.it was not to be discussed. l was actually taken from my arms without telling me what was happening. i canjust remember lying there, thinking it d be better to die. a historical injustice - is what happened to us. other countries have - recognised it and it s high time ours did. bells toll 60 years ago, british society was very different. the bride s name is stella, she s 19, lives in barnet. marriage was the cornerstone of family respectability. 20% took place in a registry office. to have a baby outside wedlock would risk breakin
could easily win a national election. he had left the 1960 election which he lost narrowly to john f. kennedy with bitterness. and a sense the election had been stolen from him. this allowed the demon that is he always had within him to play during elections. it is about lust for power and absence of morality. it was all about holding on to power. no one can find out about this. whatever it takes. when the president does it it means that it is not illegal. i told the american people i did not trade hostages for arms. there will not be an abuse of power in this office. he develops weapons of mass destruction. we are in trouble. i just want to find 11,780 votes. and that s really when you reach a tipping point in a democracy. that s how dictators come to power. within hours of the arrests at the watergate, the nixon white house started covering up. i was the desk officer of the cover-up. i get the information and gather it and i share it and they were maki