And it emerges that his evidence boils down to a barroom conversation. Very well welcome to you youre watching the weekly here on our Team International with all the latest news on the roundup of the stories that shape the week. But we start with the story has dominated headlines for some time now donald trump has agreed to stop gradually pulling federal militia from the stricken city of Portland Oregon and after local authorities pleaded for a cease fire the u. S. President has been cracking down on the occasionally violent black lives matter protests which have been simmering there for months but paul and city Officials Say trump has gone too far. Meanwhile it seems that trump stance on the rest is changing on an almost daily basis after initially promising to withdraw Homeland Security officers from portland and then of threatened to bring in the National Guard however trump changed his mind again saying Homeland Security is staying until order is restored while live pictures from u
Up next, an oral history with u. S. Army veteran baldwin myers, recorded in 2015 by the korean war legacy foundation. He talked about his time in korea and how the experience shaped his life after the war. He was eventually diagnosed with ptsd. The interview project was underwritten by south koreas ministry of patriots and veterans affairs. Baldwin i am baldwin frank myers. My first name is spelled b as in boy, aldwin. In the army i was known by my buddies as baldy. [laughter] but when when i reported back to them years later, 30 years later, that this is frank myers and i wanted to talk to them, they didnt know who i was because they only knew me as baldy. But we when we got that cleared up, then Everything Else flowed. Interviewer and could you spell your last name . Baldwin myers. Interviewer what is your birthday . Baldwin may 29, 1931. Interviewer where were you born . Baldwin in owyhee county, idaho. That is spelled that is the indian name owyhee county, idaho. Thats near Jordan
Endured and survived. Carl w. House. Columbia, missouri was where i was born. When were you born . August 23rd, 1931. That makes me close to 83. 83 . Right. You are in the group of young veterans ive been told several times. And ive had some difficulty because of that to get it through, they always thought i was younger than i was. He looked too young . And healthier than what i was, i had heart problems, surgery and many times my mother and dad, my dad passed away when i was quite young. I was 11 years old, my dad passed away and it was from the First World War that took his life. And it put me in a bad situation as far as financial structure of a home, it made it hard for me. It was hard to get established where we could really go to school like we wanted to, so i did not finish high school. And that is the reason i enlisted in the service, i thought i would be able to finish my high school. After i finished basic training in the korean war was blowing over. When did you join . The a
Interviewer you are not baldy. Baldwin no. But when when i reported back to them years later, 30 years later, that this is frank myers and i wanted to talk to them, they didnt know who i was because they only knew me as baldy. But we when we got that cleared up, then Everything Else flowed. Interviewer and could you spell your last name . Baldwin myers. Interviewer what is your birthday . Baldwin may 29, 1931. Interviewer where were you born . Baldwin in owyhee county, idaho. That is spelled that is the indian name owyhee county, idaho. Thats near Jordan Valley on the oregonidaho line. Interviewer owyhee. Baldwin owyhee. Yes. Interviewer that is the indian name. Baldwin that is indian. I dont know what it means. [laughter] probably beautiful country. Interviewer tell me about your family when you were growing up. Baldwin well, i grew up on a cattle ranch about five miles south of Jordan Valley, and my mother was born in east europe. She was austrian, and my father was an old cowboy who
Police brutality and corona virus grips the nation campaigning on the election trail has been forced to take a back seat will the president ial candidates ever hit the road and sell their brand of politics to americans before the votes follow the u. S. Elections on an. All the oracle says. Hes one of the most divisive figures in american Politics Today to some hes washingtons most famous warmonger to others a fearless defender of u. S. Interests john boltons decades of conservative Foreign Policy have influenced the position and actions of the United States in conflicts worldwide. From iraq to iran syria and north korea to mention just a few. Ever since 1st serving on the president ron reagan said ministration back in the 1980 s. Bolton built a career as a solid conservative republican politician. He was assistant secretary of state for International Organization when president george h. W. Bush was in the white house and when his son was all he was under secretary of state for arms co