Michael odonnell, who would missing in action during the vietnam war. Sunday night 8 00 eastern on cspans q a. The campaign played a major role in ensuring a u. S. Victory in the world war ii pacific theater. Next, to historians who are authors of books on the historic war give talks about two key events on the campaign. The battle of the Philippine Sea and the battle of saipan. This was part of the National World war ii museums annual conference. Some fantastic presentations for this afternoon. Beginning with our next panel, entitled, dominance, the mariana s campaign. Will hitchcock shared with us last night the reality that many different campaigns were going on in june 1944. Dday being primary amongst them. We are going to hear more later on and tomorrow morning in particular about the eastern fronts. As our next panelists will discuss, some of the most important actions of this global war were taking place in the pacific and in the marianas. By anext panel is led doctor who is the
Threat of u. S. Sanctions on china intensifies over beijings treatment of weak and muslims. Alliance the french and u. S. President s at the center of a divisive nato meeting. And iran admits protestors it calls rioters were shot dead but disputes how many were killed. Welcome to the news on Donald Trumps political rivals have laid out what they say is overwhelming evidence of the u. S. President s misconduct in office the 300 page impeachment report says trump used his power to seek help from ukraines president to benefit his reelection bid hygeia castro has more from washington d. C. House intelligence chairman adam schiff presentation of his committees report on donald trump offered little more than was already known. But its a key moment in what could be the impeachment of a president this is not about ukraine this is about our democracy this is about our National Security this is about whether the American People have a right to expect that the president i states is going to act o
Join us for a sense of. Just want. To. See. The 6945. 00 an american b. 29. 00 bomber drops the 1st of atomic bomb over the japanese city of hiroshima. At least 140000 people were killed in the attack. Tens of thousands more died later because of the effects of radiation ever since the end of the 2nd world war theres been an International Consensus an effort to contain the spread of Nuclear Weapons. The Global Community has created several organizations and signed treaties to prevent potential Nuclear Attacks as of today 9 countries have admitted to possessing Nuclear Weapons but only 5 a part of the 1968 Nuclear Nonproliferation treaty which calls on its signatories to open the doors for inspection by the International Atomic Energy Agency the i. A. E. A. Is one of the organizations promoting the peaceful use of Nuclear Technology while a 996 treaty banned all Nuclear Tests for both civilian and military purposes but there are 12 states which have neither signed nor ratified the treat
To break up protests against the territories embattled governor. Now iran says it doesnt want to see a confrontation with the u. K. Over the seizure of a british flag boyles hanka the u. K. Is demanding that the vessel and its crew be released and once a european led Naval Mission to ensure safe shipping through the strait of hormuz the stand off will be a priority for the incoming british Prime Minister this week tipped to be Boris Johnson. Maybe. It would be him. I think it is very important for border strums as he and. 10 downing street who understand that iran does not seek confrontation iran wants to have normal relations based on Mutual Respect but the u. K. s foreign minister jeremy hunt says the tank a seizure is an act of state piracy that must be met with an International Response our lawrence lee has more from london this emergency couldnt have come as a worse time for the u. K. And the ministers who left the crisis meeting all know its apart from anything else theyll be a n
A major space that figured into our sense of the globe really wasnt there in the middle ages the world was thought to be a single large landmass a veritable mega continent without ocean. So the ocean really plays no role at all except to show a limit the ocean shows the limit of society and shows the limits of actually of gods kingdom of the kingdom on earth to the east beyond the Ocean Clay Eden lay that the Promised Land lay heaven beyond that there was really nothing baptist. For most of Human History the oceans were projection screens for the imagination unexplored and irrepressible loves a mighty barrier the place of terror. Despite its dangers the ocean became more and more important over the so. Injuries. As global trade developed merchant fleet strengths formed the oceans into vast shipping lanes people from past centuries would never have dreamed of laying claim to the ocean for them it was a blue expanse formed with dangers an obstacle that needed to be overcome a sailors jou