Reaffirmed in the fall of 19 44 tat ambition of the western allies to go to berlin. Then he changed his mind in march in part march of 1945 in part because the russians were virtually on the doorstep of berlin. The russians beginning in january of 1945 amassed several million troopses that were going fall on berlin. The british were still 200 miles from berlin. And a decisions that already been made about how germany in general and berlin specifically would be divided up after the war. They would be partitioned with zones for the russian, the british, the americans, and the french and the same would happen with berlin. And eisenhower came to believe, he was encouraged by roosevelt to avoid conflict with the russians. He dime believe that it was pointless to tens of thousand of casualties racing to berlin when the russians were already virtually inside the city limits of berlin. And so he changed his mind. He directed his armies toward dress din toward the southeast. I think it was the
Posted by the university of Chicago Institute of politics, this is an hour and 15 minutes. [applause] thank you on very much for being here. Ive been in this business a long time, at the century. There are occasions in American Life on one issue kind of galvanizes the country and it seems to me that as we begin this year, the, violence and their place in american lives and suddenly electrified the country. The university of chicago and lead institution on the main street of a small town i grew up in america, south dakota and montana, the big cities is not to chicago, but los angeles and houston and dallas and other places. We are in a kind of dark way a unique society in terms of violent and especially the place of guns. I want you to know something about me. Ive grown up with guns. Ive have a first gun when i was 10 years old. It was an extraordinarily important ritual for me for my father to give me my first in the family for a long, long time. Hunting was a very important passage fo
Shooting a man in the back. The one thing nobody disagrees with is that it shouldnt have happened. Its sunday, june 14th. Im ali velshi. Less than one week after the burial of george floyd another black man has been killed by a Police Officer after an alleged use of force. When is it going to stop . Lets get you up to speed. Protesters and mourners gather at the scene where rashard brooks was shot and killed in a wendys parking lot in atlanta. Protesters filled the streets in atlanta demanding justice. The wendys Fast Food Restaurant was set on fire. A heavy Police Presence remains in the area. Last night the Atlanta Police chief erica shields resigned and the officer involved in the shooting has been fired. I want to take you back to friday night. Mr. Brooks fell asleep at the wendys drivethrough when officers were called to the scene because a man was asleep in his car. The Police Interaction with brooks lasted nearly 30 minutes. It was entirely peaceful until officers tried to handc
Nearby casinos heard the impact. There was a loud boom. And then i heard two other booms. And i looked out my window, up here in caesars palace. I could see the fire ball, over here on the kosher. Corner. Reporter the driver of the maserati was killed, along with the driver and the driver. Taxicab. Police are still searching for evidence. They believe the shooting may have followed an rememberer confrontation at one of the hotels. They are searching for leads. Edward lawrence, wjz Eyewitness News. And this incident marks the latest violence on the strip since the beginning of the year. Two people were critically wounded in a parking lot shooting. And a tourist was stabbed in an elevator at the hotel and mandalay bay. New details today in the case of a Johns Hopkins doctor, who committed suicide after being caught videotaping his patients. Vic is in the newsroom with what the coroner and police are saying. Reporter according to our media partner, the baltimore sun, dr. Niceelty levy lef
Partners on capitol hill head to philadelphia for a three day retreat. While in the city of brotherly love, Congressional Republicans are expected to chart a new way forward on policy issues, including the next steps on health court air. We are getting word that President Trump is preparing to lift the ban on the cias socalled black site presents. Lets go to john roberts live on the north lawn, john, are you able to keep it all straight . Yeah, theres a lot of news coming out of this white house, no question about that. The president will be going to that retreat tomorrow in the early afternoon for a couple of hours. Lets just say that in terms of the cia black site report, they are not the report point where they are going to renew the program that was established during the bush administration. There is a memo, according to the associated press, that is being circulated discussing whether or not it might be something to look at and at the same time may be reviewing the procedures of