Greetings from berlin and a warm welcome to our arts and culture news and before we get dazzled by some cutting edge of light art heres what else is coming up. In our continuing series 100 german must reads a personal account of the wrong realities of trench warfare in world war one. Our new series underground europe explores whats going on below the surface of the continents many must see locations this time in poland. And some exciting news in film as the latest from Marvel Studios and ventures and skate has become the highest grossing film of all time. Oh yes sociate light with bright ideas and at the worlds 1st Museum Dedicated entirely to light art there are certainly plenty of those housed deep in the belly of a former brewery in western germany the center for International Light art opened in 2001 when addition to its Permanent Collection its currently showing the finalists for the 3rd International Light art award with some brilliant explorations of a material that of course is
Weather get the message . Find out in a little bit. Very good to see you. Our top story on this monday morning is that the Prime Minister has urged the conservatives to stick by him, amid speculation of a plot to oust him as Prime Minister, and this follows speculation over the weekend that some tories are attempting to use leader of the house Penny Mordaunt as a so called stalking horse candidate to trigger a leadership race. The rumour has forced number tens hand. Theyve issued a statement to mps last night, with the pm told backbenchers and i quote the economy is turning a corner and urged them to hold their nerve. Despite the conservative partys dire poll ratings. Well, joining us now for some analysis is the political commentator peter spence. Good morning to you. Were going to be hearing from the Prime Minister today. Hes going to want talk want to talk about apprenticeships whatever apprenticeships and whatever else plan. But quite else is todays plan. But quite frankly, all any
This year. This portion of washington journal, is 55 minutes. For key perspectives on Immigration Reform we are joined by daniel stein, president for the American Federation of immigration response reform and ben johnson. The four we get to your predictions, your hopes for 2018, ben jonson, what do you think was the most Important Development in 2017 when it came inthe issue of immigration this country . Probably the emergence of dreamers and what we do with the in thelion of young kids United States, the felt the fact that they have put a face on this issue, bart out some of the truth about immigration, who we are talking about when we debate immigration, those who make their stories note, i think that is transformative. We understand that these are doctors, lawyers, auto mechanics, cashiers, priests, marines. Does the whole panoply of things that they do to contribute to the United States has been transformative. Host what you think is the most important . It is framed by donald trum
[ chinesestyle music plays ] when the chinese invented the first rockets, they didnt care that their rockets blew up midair because they mostly used them to create fireworks. Fast forward 2,000 years, and a british soldier named congreve turned rockets into weapons, an idea he borrowed from india. But controlling their flight was difficult, and his own soldiers were as likely to be hit by the erratically flying missiles as the enemy. [ ragtime music plays ] rocketry really didnt take off until an american named goddard successfully launched the first liquidfuel rocket in 1926. [ explosions ] during world war ii, england was bombarded by german rockets called the v1 and the v2. Hitler hoped his vengeance rockets would pound the english into surrender. Fortunately, they didnt. After the war, rockets began to be used for more peaceful purposes. [ uptempo Classical Music plays ] today a new moon is in the sky a 23inch metal sphere placed in orbit by a russian rocket. In 1957, the russians
Turned rockets into weapons, an idea he borrowed from india. But controlling their flight was difficult, and his own soldiers were as likely to be hit by the erratically flying missiles as the enemy. [ ragtime music plays ] rocketry really didnt take off until an american named goddard successfully launched the first liquidfuel rocket in 1926. [ explosions ] during world war ii, england was bombarded by german rockets called the v1 and the v2. Hitler hoped his vengeance rockets would pound the english into surrender. Fortunately, they didnt. After the war, rockets began to be used for more peaceful purposes. [ uptempo Classical Music plays ] today a new moon is in the sky a 23inch metal sphere placed in orbit by a russian rocket. In 1957, the russians sent the first artificial satellite, sputnik i, into orbit. You are hearing the actual signals transmitted by the earthcircling satellite one of the great scientific feats of the age. [ beeping ] those eerie beeps from high above the eart