Roosevelt house presentation. During this particular dramatic period in history, it is especially troubling that we can together at our Historic House on 65th street to process events together in the tradition of Civic Engagement and civil discussion. In fact displayed in the auditorium where we would have done this meeting, the images on the wall about the audiences feature photographs from the very conference at the heart of tonights conversation, arguably the most important, perhaps the most consequential in world history. But of course i am pleased we can continue online with programs that span past and present from discussions and currenincurrent Public Policy to considerations of the history that shows shape the circumstances of the present day. I want to thank you that have responded. As we plan on a Spring Semester of programming online, we would be very grateful to your continued generous support and i would urge you to have a look at the messaging. Returning to tonights progr
The 75th anniversary of the cold war. With me today is dr. William hitchcock, the professor of history at the university of virginia. Dr. Hitchcock is the author of several books on the cold war, most recently the age of Eisenhower America and the world in the 1950s. Published in 2018 by simon and schuster. Will, welcome and ask for joining us. William thank you, good to be with you. Looking forward to a conversation. Sean lets get to it. In surveying the 45 years of the cold war and its impact, one could argue that it fundamentally changed the constitutional framework of the American Government, that it was this period that saw the greater concentration of power in the president at the expense of the congress, that more than ever in our history because of the challenges of the cold war our National Course is now set by the personality of the president. Would you agree with that . William well, yes, i would agree with that. And i think its been characteristic of the presidency over the
Irregularities and outright fraud. President trump today blasted his attorney general saying hes disappointed barr has not followed up on all of the allegations and charges of fraud. He hasnt done anything, so he he hasnt looked. When he looks, hell see the kind of evidence that right now youre seeing in the georgia senate. You know, theyre going through hearings right now in georgia, and theyre finding tremendous volumes. So they havent looked very hard, which is a discuss appointment, to be honest with you dispreponderate, to be honest with you because its massive fraud whether you go to wisconsin where we just filed a case or michigan or if you look at whats happening in georgia as an example or pennsylvania. If you look at nevada which is moving along very rapidly or arizona, you saw those numbers come out yesterday. We found massive fraud. And in other states also. This is a, probably the most fraudulent election that anyones ever seen. Lou President Trump would not say whether he
Welcome to hardtalk, im stephen sackur. Russian Opposition Leader Alexei Navalny is the most resilient opponent Vladimir Putin has everfaced. Navalny survived attempted assassination by novichok, returned to russia and is now orchestrating anti putin protests from his prison cell. My guest is navalny s Chief Of Staff leonid volkov. The Opposition Movement has supporters willing to take to the streets in hundreds of russian towns and cities, but do they have a strategy capable of forcing putin from power . Leonid volkov in lithuania, welcome to hardtalk. We need to begin, i think, by establishing what kind of contact you have with Alexei Navalny right now. Do you have any means of contacting him . Now the only way to contact him is that his lawyers, not even the relatives, but the lawyers are allowed to visit him two, three times a week and they dont enjoy privacy during those visits. So its like supervised contact. But still, we manage, at least, to pass some basic information about, l
The freeman foundation. By judy and Peter Blum Kovler foundation; pursuing solutions for americas neglected needs. And by contributions to this pbs station from viewers like you thank you. Welcome to outside source. T the u. S transition has begun at the nextde pre is introducing his appointees in foreign affairs. It i a team that reflects americas back, ready to lead the world, notetat from it. We have to proceed in equal measures with hnfility and ence. Humility, because we cant solve all the worlds problems alone. Ros and the state of pennsylvania has formally certified joe biden as winner of the election. European countries are managing plans for covid19 for christmas. Ministers in the u. K. Have allowed families to cross borders to celebrat together. In france, president macron announced easing of the lockdown is weekend so shocked show so at shops and restaurants n reopen for the festive period. Welcome to those of you watching on pbs i america, and everyone else watching on bbc