Choices. Getting to the point where you can make peace is never easy because you dont make peace with your friends. You make it with people who are your adversaries. Who have killed those you care about. Your own people or those who you are trying to protect. Its a psychological drama. You have to get into the heads of those on the other side because we have to change their calculation enough to get them to the table. Talk about what we did in iran. Wed to put a lot of economic pressure to get them to the table. That has to be the first step. What we did in pakistan and for getting them at the table for a comprehensive discussion. In iraq today, i think what we have to understand is that it is primarily a political problem that has to be addressed. T the rise of the sunni extremist group, isis is taking advantage of the break down of the political dialogue and lack of trust between the maliki government, the sunni leaders and the kurdish leaders. More with Hillary Clinton saturday at 7
To hear congressional coverage, public appears forums and todays Washington Journal Program and debris they listen to a recap of the days events on washington today. You can hear audio of the five Network Sunday Public Affairs programs beginning sunday at noon eastern. Cspan radio on audio now, 20269 to 68888, Long Distance or phone charges may apply. Just a few months ahead of retirement congressman john dingell spoke at the National Press club about his career and the current state of congress. The michigan democrat is the longest serving member of congress with the kenya the stands six decades and he remains only one of two world war ii veterans currently serving in the house of representatives. This is an hour. Good afternoon. And welcome. My name is myron belkind, adjunct prof. Of George Washington University School of media, Public Affairs, former International Bureau chief of the Associated Press and 107st president of the National Press club. The National Press club is the worl
Get out of that plane, bailout. That movie and the acclaim for it led to wyler wanting to make a different movie about another kind of bomber called thunderbolt. Filming ofng the extra footage for thunderbolt, a little more footage he wanted to get of the italian coastline, that he experienced this personal tragedy. Plane and hadthe gone deaf in the air. Wyler was shooting in unpressurized cabins. It was freezing cold up in the air. The noise from the engines was eardrum shattering. He finally ultimately lost his hearing. With that, literally overnight, his army service was over in this unexpected way. The completion of thunderbolt became terribly important to him, even though by the time he was recovered enough to finish the movie the war was over and there was no use for this kind of propaganda film anymore about u. S. Military might. That is why you have the anomaly thunderbolt, which was intended for wartime consumption not being shown until 1947. Even then being barely seen. When
Eastern on washington today. You can also hear audio of the five Network Sunday Public Affairs programs beginning sundays at noon eastern. Cspan radio on audio now call 2026268888. Long distance or phone charges may apply. This year marks the 50th anniversary of the 1964 mississippi freedom summer project, when more than 1,000 white and black volunteers from around the country, many of them college students, went to mississippi to participate in a Voter Registration drive coordinated by several civil rights organizations. At 6 30 00 p. M. Eastern time tonight well show a Panel Discussion with several veterans of the mississippi summer project. Now, loni bunch director of the National Museum of africanAmerican History and culture, reflects on the Civil Rights Movement in the summer of 1964. This summer marks 50 years since freedom summer. What is freedom summer . It is amazing, although it was 50 years ago that people throughout the south and throughout the north came together to basica
Dressup, but this unit became absolutely crucial during the war when it was called into action to shoot documentaries. Two of the most significant events, dday where john ford witnessed the events unfold on omaha beach and the battle of midway in which he was wounded, correct . Yes, the battle of midway was the first time that a major american film maker was there to film engagement. It was the middle of 1942 the war in europe was not happening yet as far as the u. S. Was concerned. So all of the news, all of the concentration, all of the effort was spent in the pacific trying to hold off the japanese in various places while the navy attempted to rebuild its fleet to full strength after the damage done to pearl harbor. And most of the news in the six months after pearl harbor that had come out of the war was not good for the u. S. There werent a lot of victories being tallied in the newspapers. There was a lot of valor in terms of allies holding the line for a very, very long time befo