And grew up in a lower middleclass family in california. He went to the local college, whittier college. And went to Duke University law school in the worst years of the great depression. The second world war, he joined the u. S. Navy. You can see the photo of nixon as a young navy officer. He served with distinction in the pacific, getting the right equipment to the right place at the right time and was given a series of commendations by his commanders. He was also a very talented offr player turn on his hours and he had a great ability to bluff. That is a valuable quality and someone undertaking Foreign Policy at a high level. Been46 after he had demobilized from the navy, nixon ran for congress. You can see the poster from his first election campaign. Ii veteransld war were elected into congress and the senate. Was nixon, one was john f. Kennedy. One was joe mccarthy. Career,arly political nixon rose very rapidly through the ranks. He was an odd anticommunist. He worked very hard to
He called me and ask whats going on and explain its been attacked and he wanted to call the police, but it was the police. It was outrageous. And the relative of a civilian reportedly killed in a u. S. Drone strike in yemen says he continues to live in fear that says a top court in germany rules. Berlin can legally distance itself from potential american war crimes conducted from german soil. As your world News Headlines for this hour, ill be back with more in just about 60 minutes. Hope to see that fox news has a problem when they report of the election results. If you were is damn dumb on social media. And ratings took a hit talk radio has a problem. Its biggest star is soldiering on with advanced. Can its or could Trump Supporters flame mass media and could citizen trump heard them behind his own media . Paywall. Lets ask Michael Harrison, the publisher of talkers magazine, the trade of talk, media himself, a talker, hosting the Michael Harrison rap on walk f. M. In washington, d. C
Say its an attempt to gag the media and iraq protests in cubas capital. Dozens of odd historian, a demonstration calling for the release of a jailed, spotless government has begun what its calling it final assault on the regional capital of t. Great leaders of the Peoples Liberation front say the city of mckenna is being bombarded by heavy weapons and artillery. But the government rejects allegations and says it is carrying out that allegation that is carrying out indiscriminate shelling the u. N. Has appealed for access to the area as concern grows about civilians and thousands of refugees from eritrea who live in tikrit in neighboring sudan. Meanwhile, authorities are struggling to help more than 43000 refugees who fled the fighting and up to 200000 more i expected in the coming days as get the latest from aljazeera. As malcolm webb who is monitoring developments from neighboring kenya, malcolm, what more 1st say to hearing about the situation currently in tikrit and these reports of
Live from moscow to the world this is our International Special us election coverage im donald quarter welcome joining you for the Program Welcome after a nail biting and often bitter waiting period joe biden is on course to become the 46th president of the United States but donald trump is convinced the election was rigged to readying lawsuits within the next week or to america host ben swan breaks down the details. Joe biden has officially become the president elect for the United States it was saturday when that announcement was made by a number of media organizations after biden secured more than 270 electoral votes enough to put him over the top he spoke in wilmington delaware tonight alongside the 1st Vice President of the United States come all the harris 1st woman ever to ascend to the position of Vice President heres what harry had to say in introducing the new president have elected a president who represents the best and. A leader the world will respect and our children will
So we begin with breaking news from ethiopia and the military offensive in the north integrated region. Within the past hour, ethiopias army says that it has taken full control of the regions capital city. The Peoples Liberation front earlier said artillery and air strikes were being used by the army. Prime minister had warned of an imminent intensive offensive on thursday that follows weeks of fighting that fits have left thousands dead. And lets get more the very latest from across what malcolm webb, whos more as you developments from neighboring kenya and malcolm. So what more do we know about this latest news . Well, just a short while ago, the ethiopian militarys chief of staff posted a statement on facebook saying that the 0 pm military was in from control of the city of mcalary. Thats the regional capital of the to gray province. Now this follows reports that came a few hours, few hours earlier fighting that the government had begun its assault on the city. This follows as you m