Washington and havana as the United States and cuba officially restore diplomatic relations and reopen their embassies. As we broadcast from outside the Cuban Embassy in washington, we will speak with cuban attorney Jose Pertierra, the actor and activist danny glover, and the journalist and historian Peter Kornbluh. Along with Medea Benjamin. This is a historic moment in an extraordinary change of events in the whole history of u. S. Foreignpolicy. Amy all that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. At least eight Afghan Soldiers have died in a socalled friendly fire incident after two u. S. Helicopters attacked a checkpoint in broad daylight earlier today. General abdul raziq, a senior Afghan National Army Commander said it seems the attack was carried out mistakenly on army forces, and an investigation is ongoing to find its reason. While the United States has claimed to have ended its combat mission in afghanistan
Witness to the enormity of history, the power of people and events to shape our world and capture our attention as the calendar closed out on july, we relive, remember and relate to the accomplishments, the controversies, the iconic debuts and morethat all happened through the decades we begin with the weekend road trip. Its been an American Institution since henry ford first started cranking out model ts. But on a summer saturday in 1971, two americans went for a joyride of a different kind. Dale scott and jim irwin hopped behind the wheel of the first lunar rover and drove on the surface of the moon on july 31. 1098 ignition sequence on engines on. 54321. All engines running. Liftoff. We have liftoff at 9 34 am, Eastern Daylight Time when nasa launched apollo 15 into the morning sky, it was on its way to becoming the fifth moonlanding mission in barely over two years. But if blasting rockets towards another planet had started to become old hat, what apollo 15 was carrying with it awa
Day after day here we play witness to the enormity of history, the power of people and events to shape our world and capture our attention as the calendar closed out on july, we relive, remember and the controversies, the iconic debuts and morethat decades we begin with the weekend road trip. Its been an American Institution since henry ford first started cranking out model ts. But on a summer saturday in 1971, two americans went for a joyride of a different kind. Dale scott and jim irwin hopped behind the wheel of the first lunar rover and drove on the surface of the moon on july 31. 1098 ignition sequence on engines on. 54321. All engines running. Liftoff. We have liftoff at 9 34 am, Eastern Daylight Time when nasa launched apollo 15 into the morning sky, it was on its way to becoming the fifth moonlanding mission in barely over two years. But if blasting rockets towards another planet had started to become old hat, what apollo 15 was carrying with it away from earth would help creat
Course, part of which will be discussed today by vince. The attempted assassinations, none of which succeeded which reflects a lack of confidence, we will hear about today. Looking back at that time, the charges almost seemed quite quaint. There is very little success in knocking off these leaders right and left. As you know, at least on a couple of occasions, taking out an american citizen. Looking back at that time it almost seems quaint. It will be fun to revisit with my colleague who has a phd from the university of maryland and democrat diplomatic in American History. Areareas of Research Scientific and technological issues during world war ii and the early part of the cold war. He also got a masters in relations between the soviet union and the United States. You might get questions on the that. That is a lively topic. I should also say that he has taught extensively at the university level, high school level, and will School Middle school. I would think middle school would be th
Its safe. Reporter people here in the bay area say theyre largely ryoendent on social media. Oeport say the president left tse country but is heading back to try and reassume control. Things got to bad for the turkish president earlier this engning he was seen on turkish news casts using cell phone to orr to rally supporters. We will continue to follow the news from there. Flthank you very much. Beull continue to bring you updates on whats happening there. Cou can stay with us. Deill have late breaking details as soon as we get them and you can stay up to date on nbc bay area. Com. I now to our other developing cizernational story, its early in the morning in france where citizens are morning the victims f the bastille day attack. Paman drove his truck through a packed promenade in nice besterday. He is a 31yearold man, a resident of nice. Police killed him during a shoot out. W4 people are dead, and a father sed son from texas. Onoe than 200 were also hurt and tonight the search is on