The palace of justice in nuremberg. After the 2nd world war, nearly 200. 00 defendants were brought here to be held accountable for 12 years of dictatorship, military aggression, tera and mass murder. At the heart of proceedings was the International Military tribunals which tried to kill war criminals from germany. The 4 victorious powers responded to the nazis once in a millennium crimes. With a once in a millennium trial. On nov 20th 194520 high ranking nonsi leaders were brought by elevator to the court in room 600. The former rights Marshall Hermann goering willingly took on the role of most senior nazi. He was followed by a grand admiral cogburn. Its whom hitler had appointed as president , the rice in his will. And rudolf hess, former deputy, the defendants never showed the slightest remorse. It was part of their faults, their pride to insist that they were right all the time and would do it again. They stood accused of conspiracy to carry out wars of aggression, war crimes, and
Possible, who is manacled really, what moves. And also who talks to people who follows her along the way, admirers and critics alike. How is the worlds most powerful woman shaping her legacy . Joining us from eccles last stop in the race for a Coronavirus Vaccine is not just a matter of saving lives. Its also a matter of saving face for some world leaders. As news broke this week, the 2 vaccines have reached 90 percent. If we can see the incentive to speed up trials is growing. Russia and china are already rolling out their back scenes to the public before final testing. Is that safe . What if you could see rate is high enough level of scientific says acceptable separating fact from fiction is challenging. Its becoming like a bidding war 1st, the it success of 90 percent reporting the same figure for its 1st candidate that was monday. Then the vaccine is actually 90 percent effective, protecting people from it. Its raising eyebrows among skeptics. But its also raising hopes that well h
Make sure the author and i see it. Ono our main event. Dr. David eagleman is a neuroscientist in york times bestselling author. He has the center for science and law, National Nonprofit institute inserts as an adjunct professor at stanford university. He is best known for his work on century perception, time perception, and narrow law. Livewired, his new book come presents new findings from his lab from dreaming to wearing devices of revolutionize how we think about the senses. He will discuss while hacke, humans using echolocation and the present and future of an eye. I am so excited to hear him talk today. Welcome, david. The floor is all yours and i will be back in a little bit to moderate some q a. Great, thank you. Its a great pleasure to be here. I have been to politics and prose in person in the past and since couldnt be there this year but i am so pleased you can join me this way online today. I want to tell you a little bit, give a brief overview aut some of the main themes in
Years at the helm of siemens and activists point to massive human rights violation in violations of western china. Volkswagen plant their welcome to the show. Im Stephen Beardsley in berlin. The used to largest economies are signaling more help for business. As rising covert infections keep their countries in lockdown, french finance minister, bruno la, saying thursday, hes working on an aid package for small and midsize businesses, including rent relief and new tax credits. His german counterpart told reporters he will do everything necessary to cushion the economic fallout in germany. The government in berlin is currently working on a 10000000000 euro package to help restaurants and bars, among other businesses get more from chelsea delaney, our financial correspondent in frankfurt. Chelsea, how hard is this 2nd wave hitting european businesses . Were definitely seeing big divergences between european economies. If you look at germany, for example, what weve seen so far is a hit that
Video, live and ondemand to follow the transition of power and President Trump and president elect biden with news conferences and events coverage at cspan. Org. Good afteron everybody and welcome to politics and prose live at lunch where we bring you our politics and prose are grammy during our lunch time hour. Im an Event Coordinator and we thank you so much for joining here to celebrate the release of livewired by doctor David Eagleman. At any time during the event today you can click the link that i will put in the chat to purchase a copy of tonights books on pnps website. Yocan ask the author a questions afternoon by setting it to the q a box the button for which can be found at the bottom of your screen and be sure to put your question in the q a and not in the chat to make sure that the author and i see it. On to our main event this afrnoon. Doctor David Eagleman is a neuroscientist and a New York Times best selling author and he has the center for science and law National Nonpr