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Please. We are very honored to have you here as we commemorate the historic 25th anniversary of the fall of the wall and the opening of Eastern Europe. When did you feel certain that the wall would fall even if you didnt know when . What was that moment when you were sure . Im not sure i could pinpoint a moment. As far as i was concerned, it came as somewhat of a surprise that it happened so quickly. We did know things were moving in that direction. A lot of east germans were going to hungary and then hungary was letting them go through to austria. So the wall had been circumvented, not breached, perhaps. It looked like things were going in that direction. Gorbachev had gone to berlin in early october and said the policy for east germany was set in berlin, not moscow. They were willing to cut him loose, they were not going to use their army to maintain their empire in force to Eastern Europe with respect to the gdr. I think those events led me to think that it was possible that it was
Public service in texas. You. Lcome to all of weve done this sort of thing before. I will ask you questions and you will say whatever you don well please. We are very honored to have you the as we commemorate historic 25th anniversary of the fall of the wall and the opening of Eastern Europe. When did you feel certain that the wall would fall even if you didnt know when . What was that moment when you were sure . Im not sure i could pinpoint a moment. As far as i was concerned, it came as somewhat of a surprise that it happened so quickly. We did know things were moving in that direction. A lot of east germans were going to hungary and then hungary was letting them go through to austria. So the wall had been circumvented, not breached, perhaps. It looked like things were going in that direction. Gorbachev had gone to berlin in early october and said the policy for east germany was set in berlin, not moscow. They were willing to cut him loose, they were not going to use their army to ma
Legislative power that is addressed in article section 1 from the election of senators in article 1 section 3. And again in smiley that made clear that the meaning, as this court reiterated just last week in yates, that the meaning of a term in an enactment may differ depending on the function that the term is serving. Now youre going to the statute. But just under the constitution youre saying the legislature in the first article of section 3, the now repealed section that talks about choosing senators means Something Different than it means in the following section. As this court explained in smith versus hawk, which was an article 5 question of the meaning of the word legislature for purposes of ratification. In smith versus hawk, this court said that in the article 1 section 3 election of senators by the legislature and in article 5 the ratification power, what was at issue was a power that is the power to elect and the power to ratify that specifically comported with the elected r
And we begin this friday with a rescue effort going on right now in glasgow scotland. A Police Helicopter crashed into a crowded bar tonight. And there are reports of at least three people have been killed and many others hurt or trapped. Police say rescuers have made contact with people trapped inside and are working to stabilize the building. Late friday night the klutha pub in central glasgow was packed. People were listening to a small band. There was smoke and we were joking the band made the roof come down. A Police Helicopter had crashed onto the roof. It started coming down more, people started screaming and the whole pub filled with dust, you couldnt see anything, you couldnt breathe, every time you took a breath you were kind of coating your mouth. Emergency crews rushed to the scene, people formed a human chain to pass those injured. Heres the door, come here, were helping each other out. Its too early to tell how many people are dead or how many are hurt. Rescue workers are