Philadelphias newest museum is in the heart of the city just two blocks from independence t hall. And it tells the story of the countrys road to independence. E the museum of the American Revolution opened in april. Tonight we take you inside. It was a decade before that shot heard around the world in concord and lexington that americas battle for freedom really begins. Al and joining us inside the museue is its president and ceo Michael Quinn. Thanks for being with us and for allowing cspan inside the museum. Its a pleasure to be with you and were honored to have o cspan in the museum. You with are welcome anytime as is anybody watching. We were there for Opening Night of the museum. W but my opening question is how this project came about and why. Well it came about out of a decision that we need to preserve and tell the story of americas founding. S tu and not just as a series of events, but as people who actually achieved it, who fought off these soaring ideals of equality and how
Have begun to evacuate dozens of critically ill patients from a rebel held suburb near damascus. Last week, International Aid agencies made an appeal to president assad to allow the evacuation of seven children with cancer. The first of the patients were taken out of Eastern Ghouta overnight by the red cross and the syrian arab red crescent. More patients should be evacuated in the coming days as part of a deal between the government and rebels. But hundreds more are in need of treatment. The medical situation for People Living in Eastern Ghouta is desperate after four years under siege. Martin patience reports from beirut. Seven year old imjy is preparing for a shortjourney, and it will almost certainly end up saving her life. She is suffering from haemophilia, but last night she was among four critically ill patients to be evacuated to damascus for life saving treatment. This is what shes leaving behind. Eastern ghouta is one of the last remaining rebel strongholds, fighting the gove
Condemning what you have done, or questioning it. Im not sure. The european commissioner, peter mandelson, has questioned the wisdom of publishing the cartoons, he says, publishing them again and again just pours petrol on the flames. You talk about frustration with governments now, but your whole career, basically, sounds as if its been spent banging your head against a brick wall. Great to see you. How are you . Very good to see you. How do you feel, as president , that you are going to go down in history as a president who presided over a loss of a large part of your territory . Oh, gosh, yes. We understood that you wished to do this interview, and you wished to reply to questions that we, in the name of the bbc, are putting towards you, am i not right . Cheers yeah to the next 20 years how come you all have water, and i have got wine . Thats terrible so go on, youve got to take us back to the first run. We want to hear, tim, your thoughts on how it all started, and what it was like
A full term. The times claims the metropolitan police is failing to protect vulnerable children. The Financial Times reports that companies have made a record amount from floating on stock exchanges, mainly because of deals in the us and china. The daily express runs with a story about people seeing their Pension Funds whittled away by hidden charges. The telegraph leads with a warning that patients are going blind while waiting for cataract operations. The guardian leads with a story claiming the rise of automation, will adversely affect the poorest in society the most. The mirror claims hospitals made half a million a day, from nhs car parks last year. And finally, the mail has a report claiming almost half of local authorities havent had a bobby on the beat, for the past year. Now on bbc news, one of the highlights of the year from our Award Winning documentary series, our world. Sahar zand travels to a part of indonesia where centuries old traditions mean the dead sometimes share s
Back to rebel held territory. Andrew plant reports. In the war torn east of ukrainian, carried on buses, hundreds of prisoners are headed home, some after yea rs of prisoners are headed home, some after years of captivity. More than 300 people, in one of the biggest prisoner swaps since the ukrainian conflict began, the first such swap in september last year, arriving with no belongings, shivering in temperatures close to freezing, but glad to be finally free so be translation i am very happy that i am going back to ukraine, and i thank everyone for the work that has been done to be able to see my loved ones again. Translation i want to believe people are tired of all this. They must find strength to engage ina this. They must find strength to engage in a dialogue, because without that, we will be in a deadlock with no way out. The prisoner trust boards arrived in the early hours in the east of ukrainian. Transports. It happened watched by tight security. Ukrainian armed forces on one