Traveled to a sleepy german resort town called in the crosshairs of powerful u. S. Senators a baltic sea port that is now at the center of a transatlantic dispute over Energy Security and russia and. The club scene shut down for months now thinks to the pandemic has come up with new ways to beat the coronavirus and keep the. Wall. To our viewers on p. B. S. In the United States and all around the world welcome tonight an historic peace deal in the making between israel and the United Arab Emirates it calls for the u. A. E. To recognize israel and a stab. Diplomatic relations in return israel will drop its controversial plan to annex more parts of the west bank the u. A. E. Says the deal is a win for diplomacy in the middle east the agreement was brokered by the United States with a formal signing ceremony to be held later at the white house just a few moments ago it was special call with 2 friends Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of israel and question Prince Mohammed bin. The United
Defiance. Thousandss more in prison following a violent crackdown. Plus, we traveled to a sleepy german result town resort town caught in the crosshairs of u. S. Senators, a baltic sea port at the center of the transatlantic dispute over energy, security and russia. Berlins iconic club scene shut down for months thanks to the pandemic has come up with new ways to beat the coronavirus and keep the club beats alive. I am brent goff, to our viewers on pbs and the United States and around the world, welcome. Tonight, and historic an historic peace deal between israel and the United Arab Emirates. Israel will drop its controversial plan to an export parts of the west bank. The uae says the deal is a win for diplomacy in the middle east. The agreement was brokered by the United States with a formal signing ceremony to be held later at the white house. Just a few moments ago, i hosted a very special call with two friends, Benjamin Netanyahu and Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman where they agre
Destructiveness, a weapon bordering on the absolute. In the blast, thousands died instantly. 70,000 persons were killed or listed as missing. 140,000 persons were injured. Of these, 43,000 were badly hurt. The city was unbelievably crushed. Of its 90,000 buildings, over 60,000 were demolished. D the desolate remains were aptly. Described as paper and ashes. Man had torn from nature one of her inner most secrets, and with his newfound knowledge had fashioned an instrument of annihilation. Menacing implication of this t extraordinary weapon were frightening to everyday people. Well, what did you think of that bomb we dropped on the japs, mrs. Glen . Isnt it terrible, all thoseo people vedkilled . Three days later, another b29 dropped an improved bomb on the major japanese sea port of nagasaki, a highly congested industrialized city boasting the best natural harbor, and extensive naval facilities. 42,0 this bomb exploding over the north factory district took the lives of 42,000 persons an
A short time ago an american airplane dropped one bomb on hiroshima and destroyed its usefulness to the enemy. That bomb has more power than 20,000 tons of tnt. The japanese began the war from the air at pearl harbor. They were been repaid many fold and the end is not yet. With this bomb we have now added a new and revolutionary increase in destruction to supplement the growing power of our armed forces. In their present form these bombs are now in production, and even more powerful bombs are in development. It is an atomic bomb. It is a harnessing of a basic power of the universe, the force from which the sun draws its power has been loosed against those who brought war to the far east. We are now prepared to destroy more rapidly and completely every productive enterprise the japanese have in any city. We shall destroy their docks, their factories, and their communications. Let there be no mistake we shall completely destroy japans power to make war. It was to spaer the japanese peopl
I was born in gilbertville, massachusetts, march 10th, 1922. You just recently had a birthday, too. Yep. Now did you grow up in gilbertville . First 18 years i spent in gilbertville. And i have not spent any time since then. Is gilbertville where you would consider to be your home town . It would be considered my home town. And how many brothers and sisters did you have growing up, what was your family size and makeup . Two brothers and one sister. And where did you fit in . I was number three. Before we started recording, we were talking a bit about your family and growing up during the depression years. Could you tell me about that, what life was like for you coming up during that time . Well, my father was an irishamerican and immigrated from ireland to the United States to find a better place to live. And he and his family came over here and i have looked up their papers and found out that they had 600 for the whole family when they immigrated to the United States. My father spent