And china into a. Chess race because the white pieces move 1st. Broadcaster is accused. Of former chess official tells us the network is exploiting the racial. Beacon which in democracies there is an agenda to push for increased racial tension and the a. B. C. Tried to jump. Around the clock across the world this is our team from the team and myself you know me hello and welcome to the program. All votes are now coming to it following a week of polling across russian side on a raft of wide ranging amendments to the. Situation the Electoral Commission declared the final results just a couple of hours ago with some 78 percent voting in favor on the turnout of around 68 percent Saskia Taylor who is following developments for us. Now this really was a vote of us the fos time people were in mosques and gloves the fos time they were using disposable pens wilson threw temperature sconce focusing on line for some so with pot about how thing now approved the amendments on the people have been g
Tried to get ahead by diminishing those around him. This is part of pamplin historical part symposium called looking at generals we love to hate looking at Controversial Military leaders of the skwar civil war. Today is the 100th anniversary, to the day, that the first u. S. Troops went into line in france. During world war i. [ applause ] i am happy to introduce our next speaker. John j. Hennessey is a public historian and author, currently serving as the chief historian and chief of interpretation at fredericksburg and Spotsylvania National military park. John has worked for the nps for 25 years starting at manassas. He authored a great book, the first battle of manassas, july 18th through the 21st, as well as the probably the definitive book on second manassas return to bull run. Lets welcome john hennessey. [ applause ] so i have to start with this. This is not a gratuitous praising of my team that i have loved since i was 12. Pittsburgh penguins. They play hockey, you know. You mi
Civil war. Today is the 100th anniversary that the first u. S. Troops went into line in france during world war i im happy to introduce our next speaker. Currently serving as the chief historian and chief interpretation at fredericks berg. John has worked for the nps for 25 years. He is the author of a great book. The first battle of manassas. As well as the probably the definitive book on second manassas, return to bull run. I have to start with this, this is not a gratuitous praising of my team that ive loved since i was 11 years old, the pittsburgh peng wings. You may recall they won the stanley cup in the spring. And this is a stanley cup hat. I offer this as context for some of what youve heard this week. Does anyone recall who the penguins defeated in the finals . Nashville is in the state of tennessee. Who lives in the state of tenness tennessee. Will green. And so after the stanley cup finals he called me or i called him, he started telling me what a great series it was, and ho
No. They know each other. But they made an alliance that made both of them more powerful. To see that Sandra Day Oconnor said and to pave the way and then ginsberg is so unbelievably excellent in her job she would be another successful women. So i love what they did for women. That was a model for women in the future more than any you could alone. With to resolve the cases are very interesting. And by june we will have a lot of Supreme Court decisions and i wanted by readers to understand how they changed the law for women. I did all of those things in the book. Did you find a significant case. There were a couple but a portion of that violence against women act the Supreme Court said it was beyond the authority of the federal government. So its a pretty good record ana pretty good reflection of what they knew was important more them to do. For them to do. Did they grant interviews to you . I met with each of them. Oconnor said there wasnt enough material here for a book. How many page
Shot in sacramento after a fourhour standoff with police at a fast food restaurant. You can see smoke rise after police fired a concussion grenade into a jackinthebox. Officers then ran one of two hostages to safety. The other hostage wall rescued unharmed. The gunman was rushed to the hospital. The incident began at 12 30 this afternoon when the man tried to rob the restaurant. Controversy brewing on c berkeley campus. Students want to ban the Salvation Army. Were live at cal with a look at whats behind the ban. Reporter students here at uc berkeley say that they really enjoy the holidays but they say they dont want the salvationy army to be any part of it elm Student Government passed a resolution banning the charity from bellringing, from actually collecting any type of donations on campus because they say they are allegedly antigay. Discriminating allegedly against gay and lesbian persons in their soup kitchens, offcampus, and trying to prevent federal funding from going to lbgt ca