Remember reagan saying to gorbachev tear down this wall. in 1989 the wall comes down, and the story behind that is an administrator announced on the radio that the wall was down, but, in fact, it wasn t yet. so you had all these people rampaging to tear down the wall. and eventually, it did come down, and then 1990 is the reunification. let s think 20 years ago. that s not a very long time ago, is it? it s the year nelson mandela was released, 1990. but up until then, you had a stark division between east and west germany, and ben brumfield, who s one of the assignment editors at cnn international, on the international desk, was saying he remembers going to east berlin and what it was like to live in this oppressive communist dictatorship. he remembers somebody who wanted a washing machine. if you wanted a washing machine, you had to apply and get the washing machine through a whole process. you had the people s police, who would spy on you.
intimate encounter with another man was streamed on the internet. hello to you all from the cnn center. this is your cnn sunday morning. 6:00 a.m. in atlanta, georgia, 5:00 a.m. in fayetteville, arkansas. wherever you may be, we re glad you re here. i m t.j. holmes. and we want to give a special welcome to our armed forces members around the world. thousands of people converged on the lincoln memorial yesterday. they were there for what was called the one nation working together rally. but many were from one side of the political aisle. we ll be taking a look. also, about 1,200 nasa employees have turned in their badges. they re being laid off as the space shuttle program wraps up. also, germany celebrating a historic milestone this weekend. 20 years ago east and west came together again after the fall of the berlin wall. let s get back to that travel alert, expected travel alert to be issued by the state department today. the advisory is specific for americans tr