In the capital tens of thousands demand change. Cramming into a camp thousands of refugees are relocated on the last boss there are new fears for their health and safety. And in sport patrick reed has a half way to the u. S. So then. When his 2nd major title. She spend a pillar of the fight for womens rights and a liberal leader in the u. S. Now the death of long serving Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader ginsburg is poised to trigger a significant political battle just weeks ahead of the president ial election even as the 87 year old was dying from pancreatic cancer she passed on a plea that there should be no rush to fill the vacancy in americas highest legal body aljazeera as alan fischer looks at ginsbergs legacy. They started to gather on the steps of the Supreme Court in washington his use of Ruth Bader Ginsburgs death broke it brought flowers and candles the number swelled people marking a loss they felt personally. Ruth Bader Ginsburg was physically small but her presence loomed
After pearl harbor and americas entrance into the war. Two days after the fifth army captured the eternal city, general dwight d. Eisenhowers forces hit the normandy beaches in a massive amphibious assault. Despite bitter german resistance, we built up an enormous beachhead and finally broke through. Our seventh army, commanded by general alexander patch, landed in Southern France and pushed along the rome river valley. 10 days later, paris was liberated. In italy, the fifth army crossed the arno river and is swept on toward bellona. In the pacific, General Macarthurs forces invaded, putting them within 300 miles of the philippines. General stillwell was making progress in burma, with british and chinese units. [explosions] the tide of war was turning against the aggressors with a vengeance. Just 97 days after the assault on omaha beach, the army had crossed the german border. The battle for france was nearing its end. The battle for germany was about to begin. The nazi reich was soon
Who and where were those who once had said the american was no soldier, that he would not fight . World, events were swiftly gaining momentum. Army dropped armydays later, the first occupied cologne. That, 300 of our fortresses of our forces lasted tokyo. Blasted tokyo. By the 17th of the same month, general Pattons Third Army had taken. The next day, and half a world away, our troops invaded the island in the central philippines. That, the third army crossed the rhine. Four days later, the eighth army was landing in the philippines. [explosions] less than a week after that, on april 1, 1945, the u. S. 10th army invaded okinawa. On the 11th of the same month, the Second Armored Division of the night army reached 63 miles from berlin. Thir on the 12th of april, president Franklin Delano roosevelt had yet to see the triumphant advances of american arms but fate denied him the satisfaction the final victory would bring. Afterhan a month president roosevelts death, germany surrendered. Was
You usually do not speak back thank you for coming. Another of our speaker series. If i could ask you to silence your cell phone, turn off the cell phones, it is the politest thing to do. All the way off. Anyway, as a reminder we have dinner upstairs after for those that wish to stay. One of our prefix dinners. Thank you again. Tonight we are proud to have james zirin to speak with us. He is the author of two books. Mother court, gels an supremely partisan how raw politics tips the scales in the United States Supreme Court. As many of you know he is post of a Television Show in the metropolitan area and we usually have a range of personalities on his show. He is a leading litigator having served as an assistant United States attorney in the Southern District of new york and the Criminal Division under the former speaker robert [applause] thank you for the overly and excessively generous introduction. As you begin to describe my accomplishments i kept looking behind me to see who youre
Talks already. We all have our favorite great attacks of the war. We could not fit them all in. We repent the panel talk about other great attacks of the war. We have some of the best and brightest joining us tonight. First again, mr. James ogden. [indiscernible] [applause] sitting next to him is. Ur colleague he has worked at Gettysburg National park where he is done the song and dance on the battlefield. [applause] sitting next to dan is chris kolakowski. The other polish prince of the civil war. Chris is the director of the macarthur memorial. If you have a chance to visit norfolk and go to the memorial it is a firstclass operation on , the scale of a president ial library. Here is the man, Douglas Macarthur to shape the world after world war ii. Story is thatand this museum. He is written books on kerry bill. Though. Chris kolakowski. [applause] to his left is the editor of the American Civil War blog. Author or coauthor of emerging civil war series. Dan also has a huge man crush.