Was an era of political revolutions. The reverberations of which are still felt today. Latin america was really defined, the 1960s by the cuban revolution. There was a greater push for independence, sovereignty, autonomy from the United States. It was a region where some of the battles between capitalism and communism, oritarianism, played out with the greatest drama. It was an era of military coups everywhere from Central America down through brazil and argentina. There were movements not just in latin america, but in other parts of the world in the 60s and 70s to bring more Left Progressive government into power and in reaction to that, military dictatorships took hold in much of the Southern Cone and brazil. [narrator] inspired and at times supported by cuba, a half dozen nations saw political revolutions in the 1960s alone. This is a time of communism versus anticommunism and we saw a wave of military dictatorships come in in defense of democracy, but undermining and in fact, movin
P. M. Eastern on cspan. Now, a discussion on cybersecurity and how the department of Homeland Security is changing to meet new threats. Panelists include leading experts from both government and corporations, followed by remarks from former National Intelligence director dennis blair. This is an hour and a half. [inaudible conversations] all right. Were going to kick start this. I know some are on break, but just given our time crunch, i want to make sure were able to cover enough time for panel to actually share some of their insights and thoughts. This is a bit of a, it coffers a wide range of issues from insiders threats to foreign counterintelligence to cybersecurity, but i think one of the things we hope to be able to do is show how they come together, where they do come together and where they dont. And, quite honestly, theyre treated as very pratt disciplines separate disciplines, but i thought we have a great group to shed some light on some of these issues. Firstly, let me int
Paris. Tonight, touching tributes as people light candle write messages on sidewalks of paris honing those killed in last week terror attacks that brought city to its knees and shook world. People of france are in mourning. They are trying to make any sense of this worst attack theyve had since world washington 2. And breaking news tonight, French Forces have launched neff air strikes against isis targets in syria nbc says hitting sights essentially consider a capital of isis in syria. This would be a third strike in just two days. Right now this is the worlds most wanted man, Authorities Say he is the mastermind of paris attacks. Abdelhamid abaaoud he us a 27yearold from belgium who is believed to be in syria right now. Also today, isis released a video sending a chilling message saying they are selting there sights on the u. S. Planning an attack on washington d. C. We have night Team Coverage of terror in paris. French ex pats living in boston. But lets start with a Brandon Gunnoe i
In davos, discussing the freeze in relations between russia and the west with Russias Deputy Prime Minister. He accuses the u. S. Of faking images of russian aggression in ukraine. Asias only grand slam singles champion le li na and news shes pregnant. And talking about davos as well and in particular security. Absolutely. President obama says no foreign nation or hacker should be able to shut down our networks intrude our trade secrets. Can you fight cyber~ crime while at the same time keeping the trust of all of us who use the internet . Hello. Its midday in london. 1 00 in the afternoon in davos, 7 00 a. M. In washington. Where a defiant president obama has declared an end to the financial crisis. In his annual state of the union he called for a new chapter in u. S. History that ushers in a fairer economy. The widening gap between rich and poor is one of the key talking points at this years gathering of politicians and Business Leaders at davos. We will bring you there in a moment.
And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Annie lenox has four grammy awards, an academy award, golden award, and order of the british empire, obe, in honor of her humanitarian work to her credit. As one half of eurythmics and solo artist shes sold 83 million records worldwide, a testament to her artistry. Nostalg nostalgia is a good one. She turns her unique voice from the Great American songbook, with god bless the child, georgia on my mind. Before our conversation, well look at annie singing i put a spell on you. I aint lying i aint lying you know i cant stand it your running around you know better i cant stand it because you put me down oh standing please can i say im so glad but this project. Thanks. Thank you. Im so glad, ame tnnie, that did this because your voice lends itself so nicely to the american songbook. How did you know that your voice would match the music . Well, i didnt, you know. You never really do. Jazz was never my genre as you kn