On cspan. It was challe lenged by texas ar a law eliminated a penalty not having health care insurance. Ondemand cspan court or on the cspan radio app. Many new reports and Public Officials refer to the current refugee crisis in the European Union as the worst since the end of world war ii. Next on American History tvs reel america, a look back to 1946 with seeds of destiny, a 20minute War Department film depicting the situation faced by millions of orphaned and homeless children. The graphic scenes of traumatized, hungry and poorly clothed children recorded by the u. S. Signature corps helped get millions of dollars for war efforts. This film contains scenes that may be disturbing to some viewers. Children. The human raw material of each shattered nations tomorrow. Each nations preview in flesh and blood of its future. Pillars of a brave new world. Pillars of a brave new world ages from three to six and not even able to stand. Rickets. Age nine. Mother tortured, father burned alive. A
In 1849 it took the clipper ship flying cloud 89 days to reach San Franciscos golden gate harbor from new york. In the spring of 1945, no point on earth was more than 40 flying hours away from San Francisco. In those 100 years, San Francisco grew larger as the world grew smaller. It developed into a vigorous and cosmopolitan center. Of commerce and culture and of industry and shipping for the war in the pacific. And for nine weeks in the spring of 1945 San Francisco was the center of mens hopes for lasting peace. Delegates representing 46 nations came to San Francisco on april 25th, 1945. Representing almost 2,000 Million People, more than 80 of humanity. All at war when the conference was begun, they came with hope born of common struggle. They came to design together machinery to end war. A curse which in 30 years killed 40 million human beings. Maimed, countless millions more, both armed and unarmed. When the conference convened, Franklin Roosevelt was missing. The man who helped we
The next to last session of the United Nations conference. Britains lord halifax presiding. Secretary of state, head of americas delegation and organizer of the successful nineweek meeting. Mr. Statinius who has been named United States representative to the new National Organization is presented with a scroll in recognition of his efforts. Then a historymaking moment as lord halifax calls for a standing vote on approval of the charter of the interNational Organization and the heads of the 50 United Nations delegations rise to be counted. The vote is unanimous. As the session adjourns, delegates burst into applause. The charter of a new world is born. Arriving in San Francisco for the final conference session is president harry s. Truman. He met by mr. Statinius of the u. S. Delegates and the chiefs of the 49 other delegations. Among them field marshall smantz, premier of soufrks, and the Prime Minister of canada, mr. Mckenzie king. President truman leaves for a brief tour through San
Forces under the United Nations. By the spring of 1950, only five short years after the last shot the World War Two had been fired, the United States army had been reduced active force of 600,000. A great number of these were scattered about the world on occupation duty. The armed forces of the communists, soviet russia, remained on a strong wartime footing, and in villager posture. Aggression was soon to come. America would be fighting against tyranny for the third time in 32 years. Korea. The crowded finger of land, but the key important to the free world in the far east. What happened here opened the next major chapter in the history of the United States army. The war began here at the 38th parallel. Just how did this imaginary line become diffuse for a threeyear explosion . Before the japanese surrender in world war ii, we made an agreement with the russians who were than our allies. When surrender came on the asian mainland, Russian Troops would accept the surrender of Japanese Fo
Good morning, everybody. I think we have senator blumenthal remotely, is that correct . Mr. Chairman. Is it okay, senator blumenthal, if we move forward . Absolutely. Thanks very much. Okay, ill make a brief Opening Statement and this is about censorship, suppression and the 2020 election, sort of a deep dive, when it comes to twitter and facebook, about the platforms and the decisions they make, how they make them. Can we do better . Do we need to do better . So the first thing i want to talk about here is Health Risks Associated with social media. A 2018 Research Center survey of nearly 750 13 to 17yearolds found that 45 are online almost constantly. A 97 use social media platforms such as youtube, facebook, instagram or snapchat. So why are we having this hearing . The products that these two Companies Offer people like and they use. So the bottom line is, theyve probably been more successful than their wildest dreams. And theyre having to make decisions that offend people on the le