Will have more later. And tomasz has got the winter weather. That is a big car certainly not mine. It is in the north where it is really cold, even some icy stretches overnight tonight. Thank you very much. Also coming up. It never left me, i cannot stay away from it. Look whos back. Tom baker, the longest serving doctor, films new footage to complete an episode abandoned because of a strike at the bbc. Good afternoon. More than 180 people have been killed in a militant attack on a crowded mosque in egypt. The countrys president is holding an Emergency Security meeting. It happened in the northern sinai region when armed men stormed the building and detonated a bomb during friday prayers. One report says the target of the attack appeared to be supporters of the Security Forces who were attending prayers. Its the deadliest attack yet in the three year insurgency in sinai. We will be live at our correspondent in cairo very shortly. Zimbabwe has a new president. Emmerson mnangagwa was swo
Animated debate in the Council Chamber before the discussions began members taken aback by the lack of notice from the u. S. In calling for this public debate the u. S. Ambassador adamant that it was essential iran be called to account if the founding principles of this institution mean anything we will not only hear their cry we will finally answer the Iranian Regime is now on notice the world will be watching what you do russia had vehemently opposed what it saw as an unacceptable intervention in irans internal affairs but also argued that the us had another motive in pushing for this meeting. Used to mean put up look at the real reason for convening today is not to protect human rights or promote the interests of the iranian people but rather a veiled attempt to continue to undermine the Iranian Nuclear agreement would have an agreement that the french ambassador maintained in his speech was crucial also distancing himself from the u. S. Decision to call these discussions with your
You were watching American History tv, all weekend, every weekend, on cspan3. Live to theou now hotel hererkman park in washington, d. C. For all the coverage of the American Historical Association annual meeting. Over the course of the day, we will bring you several roundtable this as well as live interviews with historians in and we will respond to your calls and tweets. Topics include watergate and how it impacted political partisanship as well as challenges for the National Parks service in commemorating the postcivil war rick reconstruction era. First up, a panel of historians talks about the year 1968 and reflect on the major events that unfolded 50 years ago. This is live coverage on an American History tv on cspan3. Hello, everybody. Good morning. Years after 1968. Part one. This is the first of a series of panels on the 50th anniversary of 1968. 1968 as as called local and global event. I am the chair today. We are missing, unfortunately, one panelist who was sick last night a
Today. We are missing one panelist who got sick last night and cannot make it, unfortunately. We are going to go in the order that we are sitting and 10 minutes each for a short presentation. This is a roundtable, and then we open up to discussion with you guys and the four of us. Ok. Hi, everybody. Can you hear me . Like this . Ok. Not in a creepy way . Like this . Better . Ok. I want to i want to thank everybody coming today. Im currently working on a book manuscript about egypt, the modern history of egypt. And it operates from a premise that the egyptian people are a people that protest. And that has been well documented over since the early 19th century. We have this notion of continuity in student protests over the long history of egypts modern history. However, the reason for protests often is different. And so, what i hope to talk about today is the student and worker protests of 1968, and really what i am interested in in egypt is the conservative in 1967. H takes hold a lot o
One panelist who was sick last night and cannot make it, unfortunately. We are going to go in the order that we are sitting and 10 minutes each for a short presentation. This is a roundtable. And then we open up to discussion with you guys and the four of us. Ok. Hello, everyone. Can you hear me . Like this . Ok. Not in a creepy way . Better . Ok. I want to thank everyone for coming today. Im currently working on a book manuscript about egypt, the modern history of egypt. And it operates from apprentice that the egyptian people are a people that protest. And that has been well documented over since the early 19th century. We have this notion of continuity in student protests over the long history of egypts modern history. However, the reason for protests often is different. And so, what i hope to talk about today is the student and worker protests of 1968 and really what i am interested in in egypt is the conservative term which takes hold in 1967. A lot of historians or political scie