Saturday American History tv documents america story. On sunday, book tv brings you the latest on nonfiction books and authors. Funding for cspan two comes from these Television Companies and from more. And from broadband. Buckeye broadband, along with these Television Companies supports hes been to as a public service. Good afternoon. We had finished talking about the battle of ridden last wednesday. Which many people see as the epitome of the tragedy of the First World War however, verdun does not have the distinction, if you want to use that term, of the bloodiest battle of the First World War. Instead, that distinction is at this place called the somme which occurred in the same here 1916 there was no strategic objective at the somme. Its a little river valley in northern france. The only reason the site was selected for this major offensive is, as you can see down here at the bottom, it is where the french lines in the british lines came together. The idea was both armies could at
Good afternoon. We had finished talking the battle of verdun last wednesday, which for many people epitomizes, the tragedy of the First World War. However, verdun does not have the distinction. If you want to use that term as the bloodiest battle of the First World War. Instead, that distinction is at this place called the somme, which occurred in the same year of 1960. There was no strategic objective at the somme. Its a little river valley in northern france. The only reason the site was selected for major offensive is, as you can see down here at the its where the french lines and the british lines came together. And the idea was that both armies could attack together to break through the german lines in the open country and that cavalry charge that the were always talking about. Many of the soldiers who would be fighting at the somme, least in the british army, were those volunteers who had enlisted when the call to arms came in 1914, had seen kitchener appeal to them and for that
Welcome to cashin in. The latest on the u. S. Ebola scare in a moment. But first, no job, no handouts. New mexico becoming the latest state planning to reverse president obamas halt on health care recipients. They wanted folks to work to get food stamps. This was the law. There was a break in the law because of the downturn in 2007. I dont see any reason why not. Why shouldnt everybody work a little bit . And part of the law is you can do charitable work. So yeah everybody should work. So michelle heres the way it went down. President clinton in 96 passed the personal responsibility and work opportunity reconciliation act to at least work a little bit or try to look for work and other things like stricter eligibility requirements or certain things for illegals or immigrants im sorry. President obama in 2012 said thats too restrictive. Lets lift the restrictions. Your thoughts. I think every single state should be following the example of new mexico. If you look at new mexico, there are
Community to heal and move forward in the face of such a horrific attack. At dusk, uc berkely students and Uc Santa Barbara students and alumni held candles. They say they are one community. The biggest reason i feel like i had to stand for you all today was because george and david were students of mine last spring. We are all very close. Reporter many alumni live in the bay area. This vigil is a rite of passage to healing and the restoration of faith. It is a standing up against darkness, and evil. In the wake of a tragedy of such overpowering scale. It is an affirmation of the good in human behavior. Reporter many say their hearts are broken, but not their spirit. People are inherently good people, but its hard to hold onto that in the face of such tragedy. Im hoping things like tonight will help renew my faith in who we are. Reporter friends of the victim said they never thought they would lose them so soon. I would like everyone to take a moment and remember the love that you have
Welcome to cashin in. The latest on the u. S. Ebola scare in a moment. But first, no job, no handouts. New mexico becoming the latest state planning to reverse president obamas halt on health care recipients. They wanted folks to work to get food stamps. This was the law. There was a break in the law because of the downturn in 2007. I dont see any reason why not. Why shouldnt everybody work a little bit . And part of the law is you can do charitable work. So yeah everybody should work. So michelle heres the way it went down. President clinton in 96 passed the personal responsibility and work opportunity reconciliation act to at least work a little bit or try to look for work and other things like stricter eligibility requirements or certain things for illegals or immigrants im sorry. President obama in 2012 said thats too restrictive. Lets lift the restrictions. Your thoughts. I think every single state should be following the example of new mexico. If you look at new mexico, there are