A president ial election that the opposition says was rigged. At a Washington Court issues a summons against saudis crown prince it follows claims that he ordered the hit squad to kill an intelligence agent in canada. And in sports call thing looks to have a new superstar in the making in only his 2nd appearance at a major championship point how much has won the u. S. P. G. A. Championship. Lebanons capitals is facing rising pressure to step down as a 4th government minister resigns tensions have been boiling over in the country following the massive explosion that told through beirut on tuesday the finance minister joins the biggest us for justice the environment and information in bowing to public pressure and leaving government that been 2 days of violent protests in the capital with more planned on monday 9 m. P. s have also quit parliament aljazeera said to hold a joins us now live from beirut so the Cabinet Meeting right now as we speak. Yes they are in session and it is highly l
Protests continue against president lukashenko victory in an election denounced as a sham. Volunteers do what they can to scoop up the oil thats blackened the Pristine Waters of malicious a salvage crews race to prevent another spill. Lebanons Prime Minister has resigned along with the government saying hes stepping back in order to stand with the people its in the wake of the beirut explosion which dab says was the result of a corrupt political system protesters unmoved by his words have been back out on the streets the blast on tuesday killed more than 200 people injured thousands more and left huge numbers homeless from beirut but it smith reports. Lebanons government has finally caved in. The shattered buildings along beiruts waterfront it took an explosion of 2700. 00 tons of Ammonium Nitrate to bring down the Prime Minister and capital. Today we followed a reel of the people to hold accountable those responsible for this disaster that has been in hiding for 7 years and their desi
Of the Newyork Historical Society top of the articles in the joint publication. A civil war in 50. Objects they risks they discuss objects civil war technicality, includings will secret war codes. The new york Historical Society provided the video. So harold, weve been talking in the series about the power of objects being touchstones and historical event, being conduits to understanding the past. Its a thrill and extort a experience being historian in new york historian and working along these treasures and using them in my exhibitions. Lets talk about a second for the inspiration for this program a civil war in 50 objects. I can 50 objects tells such a sweeping . Story we so after cells that question often when we were whittling down the list and it was so much to choose from. I guess the way we did it as i recall, his first we discussed the medium of the object. We wanted, photographs paintings, objects, relics and then we wanted to represent every year of the civil war. First year
He was deployed to vietnam in april of 1969 and on his second Southeast Asia tour, he participated in the saigon evacuation, flying the last 11 marines off the roof of the American Embassy on the morning of april 30, 1975, which, this evening, we will hear more about. He is a graduate of the Army War College in carlisle, pennsylvania. And the National War College in washington, d. C. He later served as the marine corps chair on the faculty of the Naval War College Teaching National military strategy. He moved to kansas city in 1993 and was assigned as the Commanding Officer and later retired from the corps in 1996. Please help me in welcoming colonel Thomas Holden to the stage. [applause] colonel holden thank you. [applause] colonel holden thank you very much. It is a pleasure to be here. To talk to you tonight about some of my experiences and as i start, i want first to say that i want to speak on behalf of all of the marine pilots that were involved in operation frequent wind when we
Technology. This conversation took place on line due to the coronavirus pandemic and the New York Historical society provided the video. Harold, weve been talking in this series about the power of objects to be touchstones of historical events, to be con duties for understanding the past. Its a thrill and an extraordinary experience to be a historian at New York Historical where i work alongside these treasures and use them in my exhibitions. Lets talk for a second about the inspiration for this program, the book civil war in 50 objects. How can 50 objects tell such a sweeping story . We used to ask ourselves that question often when we were whittling down the list and there was so much to choose from. The way we did it, as i recall, is first we discussed the medium of the object, we wanted photographs, paintings, documents, relics, and then we wanted to represent every year of the civil war. First the year leading up to it and then 1861, 2, 3, 4, 5. By the time we shifted through the