There are more than 1000 have to merge houses here. And if youre lucky youll hear the bells ringing at the marketplace. When i was born to go was located on the fringe of the German Federal republic germanys inner border ran only a few kilometers from here it separated has and chewing it and germany and all of europe for that matter and to east and west but in 1909 the wall came down in berlin and the border between east germany and the federal republic was opened for the past 30 years now and spigot has been at the heart of germany. Today i want to take you on a little tour along the border between hassett and thuringian wellness that places that still bear witness to the Cold War Division of germany and thats a victims animals find. What has changed since reunification turning a once heavily fortified death strip and so an attractive Tourist Destination. Will visit a small town torn apart in the cold war. Check out castle one of the symbols of german reunification. And globetrotters
Host on the next washington journal, Terry Jeffrey and elanor clift discussed the current state of the American Dream in light of Court Rulings and race issues. Then the terms Big Supreme Court decisions and your comments. Washington journal live at 7 a. M. Eastern on cspan. We are partnering with our cable affiliates as we travel across the United States. Join us this weekend as we learn about the history and literary life of omaha, nebraska. One of the first advocacy groups fighting for racial equality began their. Re. It had the tradition as the city if you were black, you needed to keep your head down and be aware you are not going to be served in restaurants and stay in hotels. When the club began their operation, the idea the term civil rights was not used. They termed at social justice. The idea of civil rights was so far removed from the idea of the greater of the community of omaha or the United States that they were operating in a vacuum. They were operating without a net. Th
Parts of the metro area. Healthy dose of rain and wind the remarkable thing to me is the temperature. 23 degrees cooler in washington than we were at 5 p. M. Yesterday. We will see the clearing tonight and it will get chilly. 43 to 53 with colds clear skies overnight. Clouds will not hang around long. There is Something Else to watch coming up the east coast. We will explain in a couple of minutes. If you want to track the storms or check the temperature any time of the day, download our abc 7 weather app. No deal in sight. Members of congress are looking ahead to the next crisis, the debt ceiling. Rebecca cooper live on capitol hill with the latest on congressional back and forth and forth and back. That is right. President obama is calling on House Speaker john boehner to allow a vote so that frustrated republican moderates can team up with Congressional Democrats and and the shutdown but today Speaker John Boehner continues to insist he will not call any vote without concessions fro
Syrian refugee camp a day after the talks had nothing. And about to become Prime Minister. ,. 11 workers have been rescued from an abandon golds mine, and they are accused of mining illegally in johannesburg. Rescuers say they dont think there are any more men in the mine. Safety concerns make it impossible to look further and the crews have now left. Desperately trying to save lives, these rescue workers are trying to recover dozens of illegal workers trapped in an abandon mine shaft and are believed to have been stuck underground since friday morning. Its supposed to be a closed complex. Preventing people from entering. But they somehow managed to open up the old inside, and i think were able to talk to the people that are trapped inside of there, and we are enlarging the hole so that we can lead them out of the shaft. Industrial operations ended several years in the mine, several kilometers east of johannesburg. They tried to find any remaining pieces of precious metal left behind,
Good morning, everybody. On a very busy saturday morning. We are joined, as always, by sara haines, ginger zee and ron claiborne. The whole team is here. We have a lot to talk about. Including hopeful rumblings coming out of washington right now, where republicans met with president obama on friday. Are they finally nearing a deal to end the dreaded Government Shutdown . Wall street liked that they saw. The dow finishing a tripledigit rally yesterday. Hopes well see something soon. David kerley reporting from washington for us in a few minutes. Another developing story this morning. The intense search for nine missing teenagers in new mexico. What happened to them . Authorities say theyre missing from a runch for troubled youth. They believe theyre in grave danger this morning. Also this morning, take a look at this. The first video of alexian lien, the father that was driving the suv attacked by angry bikers in that road rage incident, captured on that youtube video. This, as we see m