With the levitated factories and parts of its towns and cities still looking war torn a growing number of people now wanted not only to travel abroad but to leave the country for good in hungary also part of the communist eastern bloc the border to austria was briefly opened in september 1909 and they willing thousands of east germans to flee to the west. Its. Meanwhile thousands more were seeking refuge in the west German Embassy in the czechoslovakia capital krog as communist regimes in Eastern Europe and the cold war itself appeared to be close to an end. But many stayed behind in the hope of bringing about change back home by voting with their feet in a different way the now legendary monday demonstrations in leipsic grew in size from one. Week to the next but there were fears that this opposition would be crushed the uprising by east germans in 1953 had been suppressed by soviet tanks. If the east germans wanted to do in the east germans debated this they called this the chinese s
If you support joe biden and Kamala Harris, 202 7488000. If you support a Different Party than in 2016, 202 7488002. Atwelcome your texts as well 202 7488003. Make sure to tell us your name and where you are texting from. On twitter we are at cspan wj and we will look for your posts facebook. Com cspan. Plus bya senior, 65 most polling so we will use that as kind of a cutoff and trust your judgment on that. Results the most recent on who turns out at the polls compiled by u. S. News. In terms of the demographic breakout, 18 to 24 turnout was 30 . 25 to 34, 37 . 35 to 44, 40 4 . 45 to 64 65 and for seniors 65 plus, 64 of those registered to vote turned out to vote in the 2018 election. Way itsenerally the been over many years. Heres an opinion piece by a senior in texas. He is a plaintiff in a lawsuit against the governor in texas. The headline is im 82, texas is hellbent on making it harder for me to vote. Texans know how much how much our votes matter. Especially this year when early
A woman Time Magazine calls one of the worlds 100 most influential people. Welcome to news asia glad you could join us our grand military parade over the weekend in north korea has left analysts concerned about the Nuclear Threat posed by the hummer nation the calls of the body this new missile a mock up of which was put into during the 75th anniversary celebrations of the Workers Party of north korea if fully operational the myside could be capable of carrying multiple Nuclear Warheads and targeting a better can cities now north korea already has missiles capable of striking u. S. Cities but it is the multiple warheads that any misfiled caddys. That makes defending against it much harder and more expensive and has more on what many believe gives north korea a very potent bargaining chip in future negotiations with the United States. It was a kind of military spectacle the world has become used to seeing in north korea. Perfectly choreographed with a vast array of military hardware on
A lot of progress but divisions between east and west. Have you with us u. S. President donald trump is being treated at a Military Hospital after testing positive for covert 19 hes expected to remain at Walter Reed Medical Center for several days trumps doctor says he eats taking the drug year earlier white house officials said the hospitalization was only a precautionary measure and trump would continue his president ial duties. The 1st glimpses of the u. S. President since he shocked the world with his covert 1000 diagnosis. Here donald trump has been transferred to hospital with officials insisting its only a precautionary measure the white house said he was fatigued but in good spirits and experiencing mild symptoms before takeoff the president assured his supporters he was doing ok. Everybody for the tremendous support. I think. To make sure the. First lady is doing. So thank you very much appreciate it. The white house had been on high alert after news that a top aide was diagno
Hello im told me a lot of boy its good to have you with us nigeria has abolished the special anti robbery squad or saw as a police unit that as its name suggests was established to fight Violent Crime this follows days of protest spot by a video shared on social media of sars officers filmed in the alleged killing of a civilian demonstrators say that the band of the police unit doesnt go far enough they are promising to keep campaigning for saas officers to be brought before the courts for their crimes nigerians accuse agents from the police unit of routinely carrying out unlawful arrests torture and even murder. His bruises are still fresh after a violent attack a few weeks ago. A taxi driver says he was almost killed when passengers assaulted him he sought help from the police unit but he says that resulted in the officers trying to make money off this case and has then said to me was that i was going to pay for investigation that i cannot afford it and. That i have to give him some