Are cold and what do you do in the next few days and thank you for your question. I will be brief. Because i imagine that attention will be more on the situation of syria and the work we have done today and in previous days to try and start again the political process supporting the work done by Staffan De Mistura and supporting humanitarian aid in syria which is very important. And on the ceasefire but for the balkin road this morning i come from tyranna and the European Commission in particular has set up a humanitarian support system within its borders. Two days ago it took the decision of the European Commission to ensure that humanitarian aid and that we can set up outside our borders which will also be possible within the european borders because that is very important to avoid major humanitarian crisis in greece and elsewhere of course and humanitarian aid is already there for members who are not a member of the eu but on the balkin road to ensure that humanitarian aid is sustai
Will see for a state visit for a head of state. The popes visit is not necessarily is not technically a state visit, but in terms of pomp and circumstance, even bigger. The white house has ticketed somewhere between 10000 and up to 15,000 people to be there for this ceremony. Hear a few words out of the president , the pope, and then the pope will head inside to meet privately with the president in the oval office. When he comes back out of the white house, he will do what is andg called a papal parade he will ride on the pope mobile for the few blocks of the street that surround that side of the white house. Do not for people who have tickets, or people from general public, to get a glimpse of the pope in his pope mobile. Host who generally gets invited to the white house by the president for this event . Guest it is a lot of the usual giving out of tickets by the white house. They will give them to congress, cabinet secretaries, all sorts of vips like that, ambassadors will be expect
To restrain their colleagues if they attempt to reach out to touch the pope. Democrats, 202 7488000. For republicans 202 7488001. , 202 7488002. You can post your thoughts on twitter at cspanwj. And on our Facebook Page at facebook. Com cspan. The visit begins today and he begins mens in maryland. He will be greeted by president obama and the first lady. Events listed for the popes visit including wednesday a series of events including a stop at the white house for a welcoming ceremony at 8 45. At 4 00 in the afternoon a massive shrine and thursday it is that joint meeting of congress in which pope francis will address the body. That will be a 10 00 in the morning. To let us know more about this visit to the United States joining us on the phone is angela from bloombergs news. She is there white house correspondent. Could you tell us what the white house is hoping to gain from this visit . Is hoping tohouse gain a lot. It just so happens that the agendas of the president and the pope a
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Opposing military leaders. This is about 50 minutes. Our next speaker is holger herwig. Our next speaker is ohholger herwig. He lives in canada where he holds a dual position as professor at university of calgary and Canada Research chair in the center for military and strategic studies. His list of awards and appointments is staggering. Dr. Herwig is a fellow of the Royal Society of canada, a grant recipient from the Alexander Von Humboldt foundation and he has held numerous distinguished visiting appointments such as the visiting professor of strategy at the naval war college, newport, rhode island. Dr. Herwig has an impressive publication list and many of his projects have been transformed into television documentaries. He has published more than a dozen books, inclusive of the First World War germany and austria hungary, 19141918 that won the norm lynn e. Tomlinson prize for best book. Another important book is the marne 1914. Dr. Herwig will speak to us did about battle of the mar