Conference and theyre always occasions for looking back and drawing attention and theres another reason to look back at potsdam as we are reentering a world of Great Power Competition and reentering a world where geopolitics seems to have come back to the fore of international thinking and International Relations thinking. So it is well worth us coming back to this subject. So im especially glad to have a chance to talk to you about it. I wish it was in person again in kansas city. I wish that we weraible to do this face to face, but we will do the very best that we can. The key thing here that i want to return to throughout this presentation is shown by this photograph here of Winston Churchill, Joseph Stalin and smiling and shaking hands and the point i want to reiterate here is that these three men and most of the advisers around them did not believe that what they were doing at potsdam was laying the seeds of a cold war. We know from the scholarship of the 1960s, 70s and beyond, a
Also coming up tonight europes growing list of strong arm leader should the European Union be putting them in their place any of them which try to make a connection between the rule of law and budget. Laws. Was successfully rejected. To our viewers on p. B. S. In the United States and all around the world welcome we begin the day in the aftermath of the blast in Beirut Lebanon as Prime Minister has declared wednesday a day of mourning the dead are still being counted hundreds have been hospitalized all caught by surprise when 2 explosions shook the lebanese capital late this afternoon tonight lebanon is a country under shock people everywhere asking how did this happen and why. Why did this happen. You know theres flames still burning tonight in beirut we want to go now to our correspondent in beirut basel a reading youve also good evening to you it is the middle of the nights now where you are darkness and making the situation that much more difficult we know many of died we know a lo
Their lives and their well beings being in danger. Oakland police say they have already seen some vandalism to the police department, and are prepared in case protests turn violent. Good evening, im andre seeger. Im Christine Arendt own. It has been exactly 2 months since george floyd was killed in minneapolis at the hands of police. Tonights protest were not only against Police Brutality, but also, the recent federal forces that have been sent into portland. We have live coverage now from greg liggett, he has been monitoring these protests tonight and has more on how a group of bombs are part of tonights demonstrations. Greg . Seen those Iconic Images coming out of portland. That group of moms standing, acting as a barricade between the protesters and police, that act of defiance has inspired some officers here in the bay area who are out protesting right now. Hands up down shoot us. Reporter wearing bright yellow shirts and carrying peace signs the bay area wall of moms took to oakla
Its my honor to introduce three people to you this evening. First is Roger Rosenblatt whose work has been published in 14 languages. Roger is the author of five New York Times notable books of the year and three times bestseller. The story the story i am mad about the writing life came out in april and a cool moon a life love and responsibility will be in october. Rogers written seven off broadway plays notably the one person free speech in america that he performed at the American Theater which was the times 10 best plays of 1991. Last spring he performed them play piano in his play living in the basement is nothing which would go to the Stoller Center for the arts at stony brook and the theater in new york next year. He also wrote the screenplay for a bestselling novel rapid rising which is currently in production. Roger is distinguished repressor at english and writing at stony brook. He formerly held the copeland appointment to creative writing at harvard where he got his ph. D. Am
In the countrys history. And from facebook to the simpsons the young going black lives matter protests are having an impact on the world. But the sports news is munches tonight should reach the semifinals of the f. A. Cup they were pushed all the way for knowledge. With 3 minutes left in extra time on the same story. Welcome to the news hour 2 and a half 1000000 infections more than 125000 deaths and record rises reported every day the u. S. Is grappling with the worlds worst corona Virus Outbreak and it shows no signs of abating 5 states have now reported record spikes and daily cases with florida are the worst hit with more than 9 and a half 1000 new infections on the other side of the country and it has doubled its previous high several states are now scrambling to roll back their reopening plans but thats threatening the nations economic recovery the outbreak also appears to be entering a dangerous new phase with the virus spreading from American Cities to rural heartlands in the s