Berlin and this is the day. Weve. Done. My world i dont care. Thing is certain to be European Solidarity which must be proved in practice. Beyond. Beyond the old out. Based on have to fight to finally get. A few asylum policy. For migration. But. Also on the day a russians vote invades no elections on sunday but can anyone putins United Russia Party opposition politicians thinks he can turn the tables and not novosti b. S. United russia has a thin majority here if we can break the majority of us there is convincing sample for the rest of the country if you consolidate forces and go to the ballot box you contingent the situation and destroy their monopoly. To begin today with a story of desperate people from distant countries whose lives big. Even worse this week woman due to give birth any day and a 3 week old baby are among the thousands of people left homeless by the fire of the marri a migrant camp on the greek island of lesbos greece has provided a ferry to have some of the refugee
Is remembering the 2001 september 11th terror attacks commemorations have been scaled down because of the coronavirus democratic president ial candidate joe biden joined victims families at the 911 memorial in new york city President Trump went to the site in shanksville pennsylvania where one of the hijacked planes crashed. Hundreds of refugees on the greek island of lesbos have staged a protest demanding to leave this follows a massive fire and choose day that destroyed the morea migrant camp leaving more than 12000 people homeless the greek government has been scrambling to build new accommodation. This is news from berlin follow us on twitter and instagram at the news or visit our website w dot com. Thousands of people being held in greece is squalid morea migrant camp for now find that desperate situation is even worse after fires destroyed the camp this week those fires have also rig night at the debate that has plagued a you for 5 years what to do about them and the thousands of
Public service and brought to you by your television provider. Welcome to the Commonwealth Club. Im george hammond, chair of the vanity form, i am happy to welcome back a. J. Baime. We had him here i urine to have a go for the accidental president , his last book and this time we have him here virtually from his home and we will talk about his new book about the 1948 election going back 72 years and you will be amazed how similar it sounds in some ways, in other ways very different. Politicians were all younger than they are today. Take it away, the overview of the book, a very good review. Guest thanks for having me. The Commonwealth Club is a wonderful place to be. A lot of people going to pain and suffering, i am reminded why i fell in love with reading, books can transport you to another time and place and it has been a blessing. Regarding my last time with you i started this book in 2017 to talk about the accidental president. This book came out in the 2020 election cycle. This is
Discusses his new book, dangerous melodies. Classical music and america from the great war through the cold war. It explores the intersection of politics and music in the first half of the 20th century. Mr. Rosenberg describes how music can serve as a tool of both outreach and xenophobia depending on the Political Climate of the era. Good afternoon. Hello everyone. Im amanda sciandro and on behalf of smithsonian associates, its my pleasure to welcome you here for Classical Music and American Foreign relations, a complicated to it. Thank you to our members. Its your support they keep this going all year round. Thank you very much. We are going deep into december for the holidays. It is a pleasure to have you. If you are not yet a member or curious about our membership levels or programs, please feel free to talk to me or any of our lovely volunteers just outside the doors. You can also pick up a copy of the magazine if you do not have one already. You can find us online at smithsonian a
Newco vote has been abducted in the street hundreds more have been arrested in the latest rally against president lukashenko decades long grip on power. Commission president warns the u. K. To respect the brakes its withdrawal deal or risk a future trade partnership that comes after Prime Minister Boris Johnson signals that he has other plans. Just 5 years ago germany welcomed hundreds of thousands of the siloam seekers well talk to volunteers who stepped up to help the new arrivals find their way in a new country. Im sumi so misconducts good to have you with us how we start with some breaking news a berlin hospital says that the russian Opposition Leader alexina bawly has been taken out of an induced coma or doctors treating him at the shari. Say his condition is now improving after he was possibly poisoned with the soviet era nerve agent noby check the case is being treated as an assassination attempt on a volley who is one of president Vladimir Putins harshest critics western leader