That day, leading up to the speech the big news, the big distracting news all day long is what had happened the night before at the Republican Convention. We were very distracted. This was a very distracting thing because senator ted cruz of texas just the night before had given his speech at the Republican Convention and he had been all but run out of the room, screamed at, booed at for refusing to explicitly endorse donald trump in his speech at that convention. So thats what was going on july 21, this past summer. We had a lot on our minds that day. But that day our neighbors to the north had a big freaking oil spill. It made zero news in the United States but it was a big deal. This was a pipeline. It was not a particularly old or controversial pipeline. But it busted open and it sent and it sent 50,000 gallons of oil into the North Saskatchewan River which, among other things, is the Drinking Water source for a lot of people downstream. And the river was running really high at the
Today after a busy week, sara. Reporter theres a lot going on, john. We are expecting british Prime Minister theresa may to arrive soon. Theyll meet privately and hold a press conference together. Theyll have a working lunch. This is one of a few of these diplomatic conversations hes going to be having over the next couple of days. Like you said, over the weekend hes going to be talking to leaders from germany, france, and also to russian president Vladimir Putin. Obviously there will be a lot of attention paid to that confidential. Russia is a country that we have a much rockier relationship with than we do with britain. Ive got to tell you, Donald Trumps diplomatic efforts are not off to the smoothest start. Weve seen heightened tensions with mexico, and a twitter war between donald trump and the mexican president who announced via twitter that he wont be meeting with President Trump next week after all. Also this week, sara, the parking l president signed a series of executive actio
The ruler of his country. It didnt last. He was only 23 years old when a coup was launched against him in july 1958. In that coup, he was murdered along with much of his family. July 1958. The monarchy was deposed. Nationalists in the Iraqi Military took over. They overthrew the iraqi monarchy. That didnt last either. Five years after they killed the king and the military took over, the military was overthrown as well or at least the faction of them that had been in charge. By then it was 1963, february 1963. The group that took over iraq then and ruled it for 40 years thereafter, that was the baath party. We think of Saddam Hussein as the personification of the baath party. He in fact, took over iraq in 1979. He ruled iraq in the name of the baath party for more than two decades. But the baath party itself, they took over iraq all the way back in 1963, which was basically the exact same time that the baath party also took over next door in syria. The baath party mounted their coup in
Party also took over next door in syria. The baath party mounted their coup in baghdad by the 8th of march 1963, one month later, they mounted their coup in damascus as well in syria. The baath party took over in iraq in february, they took over in syria in march. In syria as in iraq, thereafter they had a few different stops and starts in terms of what their new governance would look like. They had a couple more upheavals in terms of their leadership in syria. But by 1970 in syria, they had their leader for life. His name was hafez al assad. Hafez. He took over in 1970 and never gave up power. In iraq, saddam ruled for a long time, 24 years. Saddams rule in iraq only ended when the United States military invaded iraq and overthrew him and then the occupied Iraqi Government executed saddam. Hafez had a heart attack in the summer of 2000. And syria technically is not supposed to be a kingdom. They held an election to pick his successor, there was only one candidate on the ballot, his so
The monarchy was deposed. Nationalists took over. They overthrew the iraqi monarchy. That didnt last, either. About five years after they killed the king and the military took over, the military was overthrown, as well, or at least the faction of them that had been in charge. By then it was 1963, february 1963 and the group that took over iraq then and ruled it for 40 years thereafter, that was the bath party. We think of Saddam Hussein as the personification of the bath party. He, in fact, took over iraq in 1979. He ruled iraq in the name of the party for more than two decades but the party took over iraq all the way back in 1963 which was basically the exact same time that the party took over next door in syria. The party mounted the coup in baghdad on the 8th of february 1963. By the 8th of march 1963 one month later they mounted their coup in damascus, as well, in syria. The party took over in iraq in february and took over in syria in march and in syria as in iraq thereafter they