The transatlantic relationship received some new life in brussels with us present brock obama and european leaders promising to push forward on a controversial trade deal and to prevent russia from gaining more territory new crack. The korean crisis top not only the eu agenda but talks with officials from nato as well. Obama and nato secretary general anders told us this and discuss additional steps the military alliance could take including enhanced exercises and appointments will be going live to our correspondent in brussels and just the bit where president obama has just delivered a keynote speech. First we have this report. This is president obama his First Official visit to belgium and the political and military institutions there. Two urgent matters have dominated the agenda. A major trade deal between the us and European Union and the crisis in ukraine. There is a u s and the eu has sought to maintain a united front in sentiment. Were not going as court may linger around the po
Welcome to the journal coming to you from Deutsche Welle in berlin. And at our headlines for you at this hour three kurdish activists have been found shot dead in paris. Ireland says the eu must reach a decision on easing its debt burden. The worlds first Museum Exhibition dedicated specifically to u. S. Film director Martin Scorsese is opening in berlin. Three women kurdish activists have been shot dead in paris. One of the victims includes a cofounder of the militant nationalist pkk. The women were shot in the Kurdish Information Center in paris. No motive has yet been established. The killings, one day after turkish leaders report they agreed on a Draft Agreement that could lead to the Rebel Movement laying down its weapons. Kurdish Information Center in paris. The victims were three women last in a live in the building on wednesday afternoon and found dead there early thursday. The French Interior minister visited the crime scene and spoke of an execution. French president Francois
Smut 20th book talk on a book tour that began april 22nd in harlem and i am thrilled to be in los angeles on this warm, balmy night that takes me back to some botox i did in the deep south some time ago. I am for oil to be here, exceedingly grateful to the folks on the last book store. Independent bookstores in america are making a come back, and to small town in the deep south, and thanks for being here. We will talk for a few minutes and read a passage or two from strange glory strange glory and then we will have 20 minutes for questions and answers and we will see what happens. I began this book, biography called strange glory a life of Dietrich Bonhoeffer in the spring of 2007, during a semester when i had a sabbatical at the university of berlin. Dietrich bonhoeffer, visiting professor for the spring semester. That sounds like a very prestigious title, but i should tell you the fellowship came without any salary, without any travel stipend, i dont think i had access to the printer
The book. You have a question . Obviously casualties at the highest levels. It does seem again and again that they lost critical players. Nobody to replace them. At the beginning of the war was their training can malcolm. The kind of had that system. Regimental commanders moved up to brigade. They just kept promoting people. Some really good commanders emerged. For example, on the confederate side john gordon became commanded one of lease. He was a warrior. Some people have a military bill that had emerged. There were a lot of failures. People came in from the regular army with some rank. They just were not up to it. There was a real sorting process confederates really felt by the end of the war the attrition of their officers more than union. That was their great advantage at the beginning of the war. They had better leaders. By the end those people, many of them are gone. And so lee took, as i was saying, more and more. [inaudible conversations] oh, i am sorry. Kind of a silly questi
Welcome to the journal coming to you live from dw in berlin. Heres a look at what is coming up in the next halfhour Venezuelan Supreme Court upholds a delay in swearing in hugo chavez. Germanys Catholic Church halts its investigation into child abuse by priests. And is this the next Big Technology breakthrough . 3d printers this cult objects. That sculpt objects. Venezuelas Supreme Court has upheld the indefinite delay of president hugo chavezs swearing in for a new term and said his present administration can continue operating. They made the statement amid a fierce debate between the government and opposition over weather the constitution requires the new president to be sworn in on thursday. Until the new president can be sworn in, officials in the Current Administration will have the job of governing the country. The court ruled they could continue to fully exercise their functions under the principle of continuity of government. The Supreme Court announced the decision in an eager