To work after the optimism of his inauguration Cyril Ramaphosa will be laying out the challenges facing the country today in his state of the nation address. Plus the Berlin Film Festivals first animated opening feature. Because of the verdict on Wes Andersons aisle of dogs and theres a look at the starring role being played by the meet to campaign at this years festival. Im brian thomas a warm welcome to the show the polish Prime Minister is here in berlin today for a visit that was meant to ease tensions with western neighbors instead it will be explaining the countrys new policies not only as poland told its citizens abroad to report any criticism of the country to its embassies it also stands accused of whitewashing its role in the holocaust with a controversy all new law. In warsaw history is never far away. Its a city built on the ruins left by more than five years of brutal nazi German Occupation during World War Two more than seventy years on and polands present government worr
Our hoarses here today, the guilder r. Ford school for Public Policy and the International Policy center, and we also want to give a person thanks to cspan for the interest theyve taken in this conversation today and for joining us here to capture the discussion. Im lynnnet, the director of Wallace House. Its the livingston awards for young journalists that brings us here today. Their livingston award is a prestigious prize referred to this thats pull letters for pulitzers prize for journalist under the age of 35. Our special guest visiting won the livingston award for National Reporting in 2017 for her story, unclaimed and it is that story that brings to us our talk today with the title beyond the wall the human toll of border crossingsment unclaimed tells the story of an anonymous, undocumented man, left in a vegetative state, after a tragic truck accident during a border crossing. Unknown and unclaimed, he languished in a hospital bed for now nearly two decades. The man came to be c
A Burmese Military massacre of Rohingya Muslims. The two journalists to uncover the killings have been locked up in the burmese prison for the past two months. We will speak to the Reuters Bureau chief in burma, then to capitol hill. And budget should reflect our moral priorities. It is budget only demonstrates that trump is committed to lining the pockets of his wealthy friends. We need a budget that is based on equity and compassion. A budget that puts working families first. And that is the kind of budget that i intend to fight for. Amy we will speak with seattle congresswoman Pramila Jayapal as president for proposes deep cuts to education, health care, and social safety net programs while massively increasing the pentagons budget. Finally, we mark the 20 the anniversary of vday, the Global Movement to stop violence against women and girls. All of that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. The white house is emb
Will explore this city is literary life and we will hear from area writers including author and historian brooks lavished ensure the history of the ozarks and talk about stereotypes people face living in the region. Those stereotypes have been developing for a couple hundred years and they are strong in a kind of stick with us no matter what we do. As you seem come you got that in the cnn you travel around northwest at the fortune 500 companies, Major Research university is is all kinds of business and industry and hightech stuff going on out there, but those images and stereotypes, you know, theyll stick with us. They are part of our story. We begin our tour with a university of Arkansas Library. To learn more about the life and accomplishments of jay William Fulbright. James William Fulbright was a long time serving in arkansas from 1944 to 1974, 30 years. Before that he was a u. S. Representative from or fall, arkansas area produced president of the university of arkansas, and the y
In the burmese prison for the past two months. We will speak to the Reuters Bureau chief in burma, then to capitol hill. And budget should reflect our moral priorities. It is budget only demonstrates that trump is committed to lining the pockets of his wealthy friends. We need a budget that is based on equity and compassion. A budget that puts working families first. And that is the kind of budget that i intend to fight for. Amy we will speak with seattle congresswoman Pramila Jayapal as president for proposes deep cuts to education, health care, and social safety net programs while massively increasing the pentagons budget. Finally, we mark the 20 the anniversary of vday, the Global Movement to stop violence against women and girls. All of that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. The white house is embroiled in need of more controversy over rob porter after fbi director Christopher Wray testified to the senate th