Or 16 be incapable of making an informed, rational decision iran ups the ante over the murder of its top nuclear scientists, evolving to hunt down criminals and seek revenge and shock as its revealed times up. The group set up by hollywood celebrities with huge p. R. To fight Sexual Harassment, but just 10 per cent of donations received on actually helping women youre watching are 2 International Coming to you straight from the russian capital. Welcome to the program. And we start with some news just in from germany. A car has driven into pedestrians in the western city of trigger killing at least 2 and injuring 15. The driver has been arrested at this point that we can cross live to our ts, peter oliver in berlin. Peter so far we dont know whether this was a deliberate act or an accident. What can you tell us at this stage . Yes, were piecing together information at the moment and the authorities have been very keen to avoid any speculation as to what was behind this incident. It is a
Former, and most recently, Civil War Monuments and the militarization of america which one the book award from the society of civil war historians as best book of the year on the issues of the civil war era. Hes been the editor of several influential volumes, including a particularly still relevant and useful set of edited essays on reconstruction originally issued almost 15 years ago, but still relevant today and a topic we wrestle with today. As well as a number of edited volumes. We are delighted to have him join us today. I will lead him with the first question, if you are ready . You might be muted. Things we aret of going to want to touch on in a relatively brief time today. Monograph,arkable you approach memorials and all kinds of interesting ways that we will want to touch on as works of art, what happens if we context in a national rather than bifurcated into , northern, andrn confederate stories. And what cultural readings we can read from them beyond the meaning of the civil
This week on q a, our guest is margaret macmillan, author of nixon and mao the week that chnaged the world. Cspan margaret macmillan, but if you think a book about nixon and mao would so . Guest my father was a good subject and i love the good storiestoriesof history and thou have two extraordinary personality is with great falls and talent and it was an interesting moment that ended the period but in the United States and china and started Something Else so my next book i wanted to do something manageable has a good story. Cspan did he rely on to tell you what that moment was like . Guest that the documents. Theres a record now of all the transcripts of the first memoirs. Bob haldeman did a diary that is helpful, Henry Kissinger wrote them and thereve been lots of interviews, so i gathered whatever i could from those that have been there. Cspan did you learn anything they dont already know . Guest i learned something i didnt know. I think i learned a great deal more about Richard Nixo
Linked to sion friday wholesale market the biggest in the capital for full tide history has immediately launched the world. Has set up a few headquarters to manage and shield via the wholesale market and the surrounding community we are putting peoples safety and health 1st the area has been sealed off and is deemed disinfected thousands of be tested those who have visited the market in the past 2 weeks have been asked to report to authorities. 11 local neighborhoods have been locked down with residents told they cannot leave their compound to people in beijing the new infections are a stark reminder that months of pandemic are far from over where you are garden i am a little worried because this is happened somewhere very close to me we have to remember to wear a mask when entering an exit in different places and have our temperature checked Officials Say traces of corona virus were found on a chopping board use for imported salmon fresh salmon has been removed from supermarket shelve
Neighborhoods are placed under lockdown after 45. 00 people test positive a covert 19 at a wholesale food market. More than 12000000 people speaking 62 languages the challenges of getting the message to mexicos indigenous communities on how to contain the current virus. In the past hour the police chief of the city of atlanta has resigned after a black man was shot and killed by officers less than 24 hours ago police say 27 year old brooks had resisted arrest after failing a field sobriety test on friday night footage posted on social media shows brooks struggling with police and then trying to run away before being hit by a taser before he was fatally shot police chief erica shields resignation comes as an investigation into the incident was ordered. Meanwhile protesters out again in cities around the United States keeping up their calls for an end to Police Brutality after the death of george floyd in minneapolis theyve been marching down washington d. C. Lives matter plaza also dema