forecast. the stormy weekend ahead for early holiday travelers. definitely one more thing to worry about during a stressful time. norah: new hope for a morning sickness cure, the discovery that could help hundreds of thousands of pregnant women. this is the future. 35 miles here off the coast of new york, this giant wind turbine is now generating electricity. but the industry is also facing major headwinds. snow falling in florida. absolutely magical. norah: an army of volunteers brings holiday cheer to families of america s fallen heroes. it s like the entire country is cheering for us. norah: good evening to our viewers in the west i m norah o donnell and thank you for being with us on this thursday night. and we begin with the fresh warnings from president biden to israel that it is time to scale back the war in gaza and be more careful to protect civilians. we ve got more on that new message in just a moment, but first the world is on alert. amid gro
we re bringing you a conversation about the 1936 olympics held in nazi berlin. there are so many compelling stories from this moment in history ranging from the personal experience of athletes to the german government s campaign to camouflage its discriminatory policies. please join me in welcoming today s guests. first dr. damien thomas, who is the sports curator at the national museum of african-american history and culture. hi, damian, good morning. good morning. thank you for having me. i m excited to participate in this conversation. glad to have you on and maybe sometime we ll actually meet in person instead of just through a box on the screen. our other guest is my former colleague dr. daniel green. danny is president of the newberry library in chicago, and he also served as curator of the holocaust museum s current special exhibition americans and the holocaust danny also conducted research for an earlier exhibition about the 1936 olympics here at our museum in dc. an
1936 olympics here at our museum in dc. and so we re glad to bring him back to share some of that knowledge. hi danny i had no. thanks. how are things in chicago? things are all right. as much as anywhere. we ask you our viewers to please post your questions for our experts in the comment section and we ll get to as many of them live in the course of the show as we are able. also if you experience any technical glitches during the course of the show, don t worry about it. don t stress it will be available to view on demand immediately after we conclude. so, how did germany come to host the olympics in 1936 it actually predates the nazi era in 1931. germany was awarded the right to host the 1936 olympic games, which was a very powerful signal it signaled its returned to good standing in the international community following the first world war. in 1933 nazi party leader. adolf hitler was appointed chancellor and his government quickly transformed germany s fragile democracy in
the disturbing details of the thwarted attack on the concert tonight the conflict in gaza is spreading to other countries. heavy rain and snow the forecast. the stormy weekend ahead for early holiday travelers. definitely one more thing to worry about during a stressful time. norah: new hope for a morning sickness cure, the discovery that could help hundreds of thousands of pregnant women. this is the future. 35 miles you re off the coast of new york, this giant wind turbine is now generating electricity. but the industry is also facing major headwinds. snow falling in florida. norah: an army of volunteers brings holiday cheer to families of america s fallen heroes. it s like the entire country is cheering for us. norah: good evening. i m norah o donnell and thank you for being with us on this thursday night and we begin with the fresh warnings from president biden to israel that it is time to scale back the war in gaza and be more careful to protect civi
will only plant the seeds for the next war. u.s. facing global criticism for vetoing a u.n. resolution calling for a cease-fire. we ll look at how other nations are responding. plus, trump s gag order back on. an appeals court ruling the former president can t go after witnesses in the election interference case, but there is one person whom he can still attack. and the state of texas has once again pushed a pregnant woman from having an abortion. after a court order allowed her to move forward. we ll look at why this indicates is this case is so important. the united states facing fierce international criticism for vetoing the u.n. security council s latest attempt to call for a cease-fire between israel and hamas. human rights watch warned that the u.s. had put itself at the risk of complicity in war crimes. the medical charity doctors without borders condemned the u.s. vote as, quote, a vote against humanity. the u.n. security council resolution had 13 votes in s