All of the days sports including the Australian Open has a new womens champion to win her first grand slam title. Hello. Delegates representing syrias main Opposition Group are set to arrive in geneva where the u. N. Opens talks it hopes will end the war. The opposition is yet to commit to negotiations with the government. Even so, the developments give a glimmer of hope that peace efforts may get off of the ground for the First Time Since two earlier rounds of talks collapsed in 2014. The forklift began almost five years ago and at least 250,000 people have been killed. Millions of other syrians have been forced to flee. Many like the refugees you see here. They have been risking their lives trying to get to europe. The war allowed isil to draw territory. Lets cross over to james bays, jo joining us from those talks in geneva. They are off to a shaky start, james. Once the opiniposition arrived geneva, what happens then . Whats on the agenda . Reporter well, i dont think proper negoti
Action of the elected representatives, it must be for substantial and not trivial offenses supported by fact. Watergate, 40 years later, sunday night on American History tv on cspan3. July 20 marks the 40th anniversary of the first lunar landing. Veteran correspondent jay barberie on the life of the first man to walk on the moon tonight. Each week, American History t. V. Brings you archival film that helps tell the story of the 20th century. The 80th congress convenes in washington for a busy session. There are new faces on capitol hill. Nine them 12 new senators, democrats and three republicans. They are sworn in by Vice President johnson before taking up their new duties. 67 new congressman will be sworn in at this session. He gave up his cabinet post to become connecticuts senator. Interest centers around ted kennedy, the Third Brother to achieve success in the National Political arena. Congress begins its first session establishing some sort of record. When called to order, only on
The only way to meet the power of violence is with nonviolence. There one of them Major Repairs of this was a man named pirate ruston, a protege of a. Philip randolph who organized the march on washington. And what he argued was that nonviolent resistance was critical to any kind of success of his Civil Rights Movement for tomb two reasons. One of them is what questions are aware of. But the other is much more strategic. Will you do when you resist power and do it non violently and except the consequences of it is essentially withdraw consent from the state. I do not accept the legitimacy of this power that is putting me below. And so if enough people withdraw consent the regime crumbles or at least that part of the regime, that law can crumble. The only way that the apartheid terrorist system which existed for the black community for much of American History, the only way that it could crumble is if enough people with drug concern to. Of course you do not have to participate in a cons
Potential role in the transatlantic trade negotiations. For those of you just in case you didnt get a copy you will also be liable to download this from the brookings website and as i know from coming into the office we have boxes of it sitting around so if you didnt get a copy, get in touch with us and we can get one out to you again launching of the report today and we will be talking about some of his conclusions from having spent several months now looking at turkeyss interest in the negotiations and how this is likely to unfold and the challenges this will pose not just for your not what for turkey and for some of the others and will be interesting to see how they feel between europe and the United States unfold. We are also very much delighted to have our neighbor and colleague uri dadush from the Carnegie Endowment who is one of the u. S. s phoenix experts on the economic trade topic. And a director of the International Economic program next to carnegie. He will give a brief ove
Members were contingent and unsecure with their jobs. Now its over 70 . That trend seems to be continuing. The trend of state legislatures defunding Higher Education gradually shifting the cost from taxpayers to students, thats now a 25 year trend. Trends like that dont always and quickly. I think theres a future for state funding in higher Public Education is not great. Both of those things do not mind mote bode well for maintaining Higher Education. If i were to recommend anything i would recommend the federal government pay for public Higher Education and make it freeforall children come to all americanamerican s. 60 billion a year and a couple of battleships left, we have actually made public Higher Education a genuine public good. I think without some fundamental change the quality is going to erode. Scientists all over the country having to choose the basic research that will bring in the most dollars. Rather they choose the research that will do the most good for the people in t