And im kerry sayers. And im your host, bill kurtis. This is through the decades. Here on through the decades we take a long view of history. Examining how events of a single day continue to impact our world for years to come, often in ways that are hard to see in the moment. Few eras have had the reach or see in the moment. Few eras have had the reach or the influence that the cold exacted. This wasnt some remote Foreign Policy relegated to sound bites on the evening news. As well see in the next hour, it was connective tissue that impacted our politics, pop culture and personalities all woven through the decades. But we begin with, the 1959 debate when politicians from the soviet union and the u. S. Went toe to toe on telelvision. The summer of that year, vice moscow as part of a cultural exchange. That trip would earn a place in history thanks to an impromptu debate with the soviet premier that would forever be known as the kitchen debate. Some of the twentieth centurys most extraord
The leaders of china and taiwan are set to meet saturday for historic talks. They will mark their first top level meeting in over 60 years. Hour,oming up this Stephen Carroll will be reporting live from the web summit in dublin. Stephen he has been ceo of some of the worlds biggest companies. We will be live from the web summit in dublin, finding out what john scully is going to do next. Genie we will start at the vatican, a place that has been rocked by a new scandal that some people are already calling. Atileaks for more on this, i am joined from rome about josephine mckinnon. What did you learn . i just came from a press conference releasing the book called the merchants in the temple. He found the vatican is at war with itself. He says pope francis and the reformers are trying to introduce radical changes with greater transparency, facing extraordinary obstacles and resistance from conservatives and others in the vatican who do not want to lose their position and power and do not w
Rawhide is ok. Next on American History tv a panel of espionage historians talk about julius and Ethel Rosenberg, the spy couple who leaked secrets about the atom bomb to the russians. They discuss the role of antisemitism in their prosecution, and the eventual execution of the treasonous couple that sparked National Debate in the u. S. This 90 minute event to place in the National Archives in washington d. C. Good evening ladies and gentlemen. I will get us going. I am the Senior Adviser of the pulitzer center. A harvard Professor Emeritus im happy to add, and a former journalist for cbs and nbc. Our program focuses on the rosenbergs and the role they played in soviet espionage in the United States during the cold war. It is a heck of a story. To start with. Im sure you are all here because you are involved in it emotionally or intellectually. It is a story that goes back to the 1930s when young people joined the communist party in the United States, and world war ii came along, and t
They formed that bond with him and i think that carried him through. It kept him from getting a lot more trouble in places where other president s would have faced a lot rougher time. Rawhide is ok. Up next, a panel of espionage historians talk about julius and Ethel Rosenberg. A spy couple who leaked secrets of the atom bomb. The role of antisemitism in their prosecution, and the eventual execution of the treasonous couple that sparked National Debate in the u. S. This 90 minute event to place in the National Archives in washington dc. Good evening ladies and gentlemen. I will get us going. I am the Senior Adviser of the pulitzer center. A harvard professor emeritus, im happy to add, and a former journalist for cbs and nbc. Our program focuses on the rosenbergs and the role they played in soviet espionage in the United States during the cold war. It is a heck of a story. To start with. Im sure you are all here because you are involved in it, emotionally or intellectually. It is a stor