unwra, the refugee organization. a lot of people have observed that unwra isn t working. take for example how many refugees were there at the end of world war ii in europe. tens of millions. how many refugees are there today? zero. palestinian refugees, a few years later, 1948- 49, how many were there? half a million, 600,000, today, how many are there? 5 million according to unwra. unwra has different accounting rules and all the other refugee organizations in the world. united states has the right to raise questions. you don t have to hear threats of violence because those questions are being asked. shannon: what you make of his response? we talk about the eight, $60 million, usaid, being cut from unwra and they are by far the biggest donor to that fund and that effort. erakat said to me that he worried because so many of the
unwra, the refugee organization. a lot of people have observed that unwra isn t working. take for example how many refugees were there at the end of world war ii in europe. tens of millions. how many refugees are there today? zero. palestinian refugees, a few years later, 1948- 49, how many were there? half a million, 600,000, today, how many are there? 5 million according to unwra. unwra has different accounting rules and all the other refugee organizations in the world. united states has the right to raise questions. you don t have to hear threats of violence because those questions are being asked. shannon: what you make of his response? we talk about the eight, $60 million, usaid, being cut from unwra and they are by far the biggest donor to that fund and that effort. erakat said to me that he worried because so many of the people are completely dependent
remembers about this day seven decades ago was a cold one. we emptied out the built-in brewery that took our trucks and we made big piles out in the center of the town and everybody came out and had a glass of beer and celebrate the end of the war. reporter: there hasn t been a flyover like this since the 70s and normally air space here only gets shut down for the president. but today, nearby reagan international airport cut off landings and takeoffs until the last decade s old warplane roared past the monument to salute the brave veterans who saved the world 70 years ago. i get nostalgic whenever i see this stuff. it takes me back. reporter: one airborne artifact had to land because of a hideydraulic like.
the former soviet union in moscow, tomorrow. in britain today, in britain today, it was really striking. in britain today, they also held a large national commemoration to recognize this 70-year anniversary of the end of world war ii in europe. but britain also just yesterday had a huge super-divisive, in many ways, shocking national election that resulted among other things in the heads of three major political parties resigning last night. but today, in london, 12 hours after those election results shocked that country, all of that country s political leaders, including the ones who just quit last night, they were all there together, side by side, at this commemoration, exhibiting whatever it is that is the polar opposite of partisan politics. so this week, 70 years ago, it was not the end of the bloodiest war in human history, but it was the beginning of the end of the bloodiest war in human history.
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