Missile crisis. You would think the soviets in 1960 would be wanting to display all of their biggest missiles, right, all of their finest weaponry as a show of force against the dreaded United States. It was an incredibly intense time for u. S. soviet relations. But there was this moment back in 1960 when the president of the United States at the time, dwight eisenhower, and the leader of the soviet union at the time, nikita krush chauf, they did in 1960, did for a while seem like they were trying to thaw relations between our two countries. And to that end, those two leaders had planned to meet in paris for a oneonone superpower summit in 1960. A meeting to talk face to face, man to man, about relations between our two countries. These two cold war enemies. That meeting was supposed to take place two weeks after that parade. That summit meeting in paris never happened. The reason it never happened is because on the same day as this peacethemed may day parade in moscow, on may 1st, 196
Display all of their biggest missiles, right, all of their finest weaponry as a show of force against the dreaded United States. It was an incredibly intense time for u. S. soviet relations. But there was this moment back in 1960 when the president of the United States at the time, dwight eisenhower, and the leader of the soviet union at the time, nikita khrushchev, they did in 1960, they did for a while seem like they were trying to thaw relations between our two countries. And to that end, those two leaders had planned to meet in paris for a oneonone superpower summit in 1960. A meeting to talk face to face, man to man, about relations between our two countries. These two cold war enemies. That meeting was supposed to take place about two weeks after that may day parade. That summit meeting in paris never happened. And the reason it never happened is because on the same day as this peacethemed may day parade in moscow, on may 1st, 1960, an american u2 spy plane on a Reconnaissance Mi
Kidnapped last year, and the white house now confirms an american killed was fighting for isis in syria. 33yearold Douglas Mcarthur mccain was an aspiring rapper who worked for an islamic Nonprofit Group in san diego. Now, he went to school in minnesota and had arrests for Disorderly Conduct and disruption. Friends say he converted to islam around 2004. However, his cousin says he was not a terrorist. When im hearing that he was a jihadi and with the isis terrorist group, thats news to me and our family. Like, we would never believe him to be involved in anything like this. My cousin wouldnt support a terrorist group like that, any group like that, you know . Hes a very humble, caring man. Like, i dont this is crazy. Meanwhile, the u. S. Says there is no chance it will coordinate with syrias government to launch air strikes in the country against isis. And president obama delivered a stern warning to the Islamic State militants who beheaded american journalist james foley. America does
Who shot and killed their son. Also, new developments in mexico where protests continue to unfold against the government and outrage grows over what happened to dozens of mising students. Well have the latest from nbcs own Jose Diaz Bal lettlert. It is wednesday, november 12th, 2014. This is the daily rundown. Historic Climate Change agreement that was announced by president obama overnight in china. A deal between the worlds top two polluters that came about after months of secret talks between officials from both countries. As the worlds two largest economies, Energy Consumers and emitters of Greenhouse Gases, we have a special responsibility to lead the global effort against Climate Change. The deal is between the two. Calling it too vague. Saying its peak year for Carbon Emissions around 2030 and does not agree to an emissions cap. Nbcs Kristen Welker has more now from beijing. Reporter president obama and president xi ching ping announced add major deal on Climate Change. Vowing t
Well be keeping an eye on that. We have footage from spacex as they landed their rocket engine on a ship. Weve got some interesting rock and roll news tonight. Theres good political news tonight for real underdog in republican politics. Weve got some unexpected political news tonight. Its making a lot of democrats across the country really happy, really relieved including our jane sanders interview. Lots going on. Its nice to have you here. We start tonight with news that has what i consider to be a grand canyon effect. Ever been to the grand canyon . Everybody says its smau. Everybody says its amazing. It will blow your mind. Youve seen pictures like these pictures. Yes it looks very pretty. Very impressive. Heres the thing about the grand canyon, though. No matter how much you have heard about how great it is. No matter how prepared you are to be wowed or overwhelmed by your first view of the grand canyon in person, when you actually go there for the first time and look at it in pers