Untold stories of latinos and how they shaped america. Im jonathan capehart, this is the saturday show. We are just 38 days from the u. S. Presidential election in november and a dramatic escalation in the Middle East is taking Center Stage and sparking fears of a wider conflict in the region. Today, the Israel Defense forces and hezbollah confirmed that Hezbollah Leader Hassan Nasrallah was killed in targeted israeli airstrikes on the Groups Headquarters in Southern Beirut. The strike destroyed at least for residential complexes and damaged other buildings nearby. At least 11 people were killed and more than 100 injured according to the lebanese health ministry. The idf continued lobbing rockets into Lebanon Today targeting Hezbollah Infrastructure in Southern Beirut and issued Evacuation Orders for several neighborhoods as civilians flee to the north. Iran, condemned the strike, calling it a war crime. But so far, iran has not expressed any intention to retaliate. The White House sai
Leadership during the crisis. Foreign leaders who influenced events during the cold war years as well as the continuing threat of nuclear war. The Georgia Historical Society hosted the interview and provided the video. We are here to talk about the called war at 75. It marks the 75th anniversary of the beginning of the cold war immediately after world war ii in 1945. You attended georgia tech. Greta van susteren graduated from emory university. Served in the coast guard. Came back to georgia, practiced law. Served in the Georgia House of representatives. You were elected to the United States senate in 1972 and served for 24 years until you left in 1996 including eight of those years as chair of the Senate Armed Services committee. Since retiring from the senate you cofounded with ted turner and know cochair the Nuclear Threat initiatives. As i mentioneder with here to talk about the events of the cold war as you experienced them. Lets start with you. The scariest moment of the cold war
Campaign stateside. And other bust up in brussels an emergency e. U. Summit sees the rocks leaders failed to agree on a post accept funding plan. Live from moscow good to have you with us here tonight there are things about hawkins welcome to the program. Now supporters of julian songs that we could have been protesting in london in solidarity with the imprisoned whistleblower this comes ahead of his hearing on possible extradition to the United States which gets underway on monday they were jeter was there. Im here in the center of london with protesters who are opposing the possible extradition of julian assad to the u. S. We watch from australia house and you know his heart is australian of course to Parliament Square and you can see behind me theres a lot of talks going on and some entertainment in support of putin now this is of course the center of british democracy and supporters theyve gathered here ahead of the wiki leaks founder hearing on call in court on monday people are.
The committee will come to orde order. Thank you all for coming today and for our witnesses for joining us as we examine the current state of the us russia relationship to deal with the Russian Federation. Its time to assess our relationship as we have recently celebrated the 30th anniversary of events leading to the collapse of the soviet union, fall of the berlin wal wall, solidarity selection victory in poland many former soviet states with prosperous democracies with memberships in the eu. Mister putin has taken russia down a darker path many suffer while oligarchs enrich themselves russia make sure only kremlin approved officials make the cut with those who military and organization in those outlets the russian people are inhumanely present and tortured to disagree with the government. Not only does the Russian Federation make it painful for the average russian but also makes it harder for those around the world he has meddled in american intellections sewing chaos propping up the
Working. This is about two hours 20 minutes. s. [inaudible conversations] the committee will come to orde order. Thank you all for coming today and for our witnesses for joining us as we examine the current state of the us russia relationship to deal with the Russian Federation. Its time to assess our relationship as we have recently celebrated the 30th anniversary of events leading to the collapse of the soviet union, fall of the berlin wal wall, solidarity selection victory in poland many former soviet states with prosperous democracies with memberships in the eu. Mister putin has taken russia down a darker path many suffer while oligarchs enrich themselves russia make sure only kremlin approved officials make the cut with those who military and organization in those outlets the russian people are inhumanely present and tortured to disagree with the government. Not only does the Russian Federation make it painful for the average russian but also makes it harder for those around the w