Hi, my name is ashley rogers, im the director of Museum Operations at the whitney plantation and were beginning our today in a historic freedmans church which was built circa 1870 by people who lived on the opposite side of the river in paulina, louisiana. This structure was donated to us by the descendants of the founders of the congregation. They bought the land in 1870. Two parcels of land for the purpose of building a house of worship and in the sale document which we have from the courthouse they named their congregation the antiyoke, or against slavery is important to our story here. And this is a Significant Church for newly freed slaves on the east bank of the river and so it is really important here in talking about the lives of people who saw freedom after the end of the civil war. So we like to start our tour of the whitney plantation here in this building so we could kind of see what happened to people, some of the things that they cared about after the freedom came. Whitne
Joseph kabila. The government has been accused of halting preparations for elections for over a year to replace him. The hearing will come to order. Im very, i think the committee is privileged to see our distinguished chairman, and roys joins, and i thank him for his leadershiphi on africa, havg once served as chairman of this subcommittee. So great to see you and thank you for your ongoing leadership and for yesterday important briefing with nikki haley, our ambassador to United Nations and a major portion of that important briefing late in the afternoon was on the dr congo so iq, chairman royce. The democratic republic of congo was supposed to conduct election one year ago this month. In order to achieve the required transition of political powers y december 19. 19th. However after years of stalling on making preparations for elections, the government of the drcc failed told elections last year and provide on a constitutional provision that president Joseph Kabila could not step dow
An hour and 50 minutes. The hearing will come to order. Welcome. Im very i think the committee is privileged to see our distinguished careful joining us. Ed rice. Thank you for your ongoing leadership and for yesterdays important briefing with nikki haley, our ambassador to the United Nations, and important briefing in the afternoon was on the congo. Thank you chairman royce. The democratic republic of congo was supposed to conduct elections one year ago this month. In order to achieve the required transition by december 19th, after years of stalling on making preparations for elections, the government of the drc failed to hold elections last year. And relied on a constitutional provision that Joseph Kabilla could not step down until an election was held to select a replace. Both the chairman and i and others have had ongoing meetings with the officials, including high level people who have flown here to washington. Time and time again we have admonished them stick to the schedule and
First time about demonstrations against his government saying protests are allowed but the violence is not plus. This intensify in the democratic republic of congo demonstrators want the president to resign immediately also. Goodbye to twenty seventeen other hello to twenty eighteen celebrations as the world brings in the new. North koreas leader kim jong il threaten the u. S. And also reached out to his neighbor in the south he made the comments in his annual new years address kim says pyongyang has weapons capable of reaching the u. S. Mainland and that the launch button is on his desk he also warned washington that in twenty seventeen north korea completed its push to become a Nuclear Force and that its time to start mass producing Nuclear Warheads but the defiantly to made some unusually friendly remarks about south korea saying the path to dialogue with seoul is open and that he hopes ties will improve between both countries. I dont we should actively create an atmosphere to move
Leader tells the u. S. Hes got a Nuclear Button on his desk boss makes an unusually friendly remarks about south korea and his new year message. Irans president speaks for the first time about demonstrations against his government saying protests are allowed out that violence is not. Israels governing likud party has passed a draft resolution urging the addicks a shot of much of the occupied west bank. And goodbye to two thousand and seventeen and hello to two thousand and eighteen celebrations as the world brings in the new these are live pictures from rio de janeiro. North koreas leader kim jong un says he is open to dialogue with self korea and hopes that ties will improve between the two countries he made the comments and has new year. Address he also said his country completed the development of its Nuclear Program during two thousand and seventeen and will now start mass producing warheads and. Bought her message had an unusually conciliatory tone toward south korea. We should ac