In violent Anti Government protests. Demonstrators defied a ban on face masks dring the unrest. Chief executive carrie lam has defended her decision to invoke Emergency Powers. The us secretary of state mike pompeo has dismissed questions about Donald Trumps attempts to push ukraine and china to investigate democratic rival joe biden as a silly gotcha game. Leading democrats have issued a legal order demanding the white house hand over more documents on its dealings with ukraine. The British Foreign secretary has urged america to reconsider its decision to let a diplomats wife who was involved in a fatal car crash claim diplomatic immunity to leave britain. 19 year old harry dunn died in the collision in august. Now on bbc news, its dateline london. Hello and welcome to dateline london. Im carrie gracie. This week Desperate Measures in hong kong, will they work . And brexits man with a plan embarks on a brussels endgame. My guests today Isabel Hilton of chinadialogue, iain martin of th
Tell us what is going on now. Is carrie lam is going to sort this out . I dont think this is going to be sorted. You know, the face mask ban which precipitated last nights riots, which were by far the most serious that we have seen, and i think, you know, they were definitely riots. There were fires set on the underground, banks were attacked, individuals were attacked with petrol bombs. This is a hong kong that is really on the edge of something very, very serious. But if you look back at how we got here, at each step there has been a reaction to severe measures by the authorities, and it really is time at this point, unless something quite unpleasant is going to happen, to dial down on both sides and try to rebuild trust. There has been a complete breakdown of trust in hong kong with the Hong Kong Government and the hong kong police. And this was a place where, essentially, people trusted their institutions. It has been the basis of what was a very peaceful and prosperous place. At e
One giant leap for mankind. On this 50th anniversary of the apollo 11 moon landing todays washington journal in conjunction with cspans American History tv will focus on this historic event and its influence on modern spaceflight. For the next three hours we are live from the national air and space museum here in washington, d. C. Where we will talk about apollo 11 with historians, command module pilot Michael Collins and you. You can call us and let us know your impressions of apollo 11 if you watched the moon landing and you want to talk about that day, your impressions of it, 2027488000 and for all others, 2027488001. You can post cspan wj your thoughts and impressions of the 50th anniversary, do the same at our Facebook Page at facebook. Com cspan. Our show will be based here from the national air and space museum. A couple facts about the 50th anniversary of the apollo 11 mission, it was astronauts Neil Armstrong, buzz aldrin and Michael Collins, the team for that day. The launch
Thats one small step for man. One giant leap for mankind. On this 50th anniversary of the apollo 11 moon landing, todays washington journal in conjunction with cspans American History tv will focus on this historic event and its influence on modern space flight. For the next three hour, we are live from the national air and space museum here in washington, d. C. , where we will talk about apollo 11 historians and michael collins. You want to talk about that day, your impressions of it, 2027488000 and for all others, 2027488001. You can post cspanwj your thoughts and impressions of the 50th anniversary. You can do the same at our Facebook Page at facebook. Com cspan. Our show will be based to hear from the national air and space museum. A couple of facts of the apollo 11 mission. It was astronauts Neil Armstrong, buzz aldrin and michael collins, the team for that day and the launch, youll remember took place july 16, 1969, at 9 32, to be exact. The moon landing on july 20, of july 69 at
The Holocaust Memorial museum. My name is bill benson and im the host of the museums Public Program firstperson, thank you for joining us today. We are in the 20th year of the First Person Program and the first person today is mrs. Door clayman who we will meet shortly. This 2019 season is made possible by the generosity of the lewis frank and Smith Foundation with additional funding from the Arlene Fisher foundation the first person is a series of twiceweekly conversations with survivors of the holocaust who share with us their firsthand accounts of their experience during the holocaust each of our first person gas serves as a volunteer here at the museum. The program will continue until august 8. The museums website provides information about each of the up coming firstperson guests. Theodore will share with us or firstperson account of her experience during the holocaust and as a survivor for about 45 minutes. If we have time towards the end of the program that we will have the oppo