Mike pompeo met with the german chancellor during the berlin wall commemoration week. And dying for democracy. A vigil in hong kong for an antigovernment demonstrator, a 22yearold who perished after falling from a building. It was to die since the start of the campaign for more democracy in the territory. Activists say they will escalate the protease protests. Anchor i am carl nasman. Welcome to the program. We begin special coverage of the 30th anniversary of the fall of the berlin wall. Until the border was opened, the brandenburg bank gate represented the cold war standoff between the warsaw pact and nato. It stood between east berlin and west berlin, which was surrounded by the communist east , but part of democratic west germany. It was an ultrasensitive spot in the line between the blocks. That is why it later became such a powerful landmark, representing german unity. The night the border was opened, it was the site of deeply emotional scenes. That is where Political Corresponde