To start with our discussion of native americans. This is one of two different discussions. Were having i want to make clear that were not talking about the indian wars in this kind of lecture thats going to be in a couple weeks and were gonna use that as as a way to link. Kind of wars throughout the 19th century all the way up to it including the spanishamerican war so our focus is were kind of around that. Were thinking more kind of legal policy and issues and and such so the goal is to think in that broad 19th century way so our start point is a couple key things we need to kind of deal with the second half of our semester one of the Big Questions were picking up on is what does it mean to be an american . All right who can claim to be an american . Thats one of the Big Questions thats going to kind of . Take us through the end of our semester into as we deal with the 19th century. So in upcoming weeks were going to talk about, you know, immigrants. Were going to talk about kind of
Plus, running on empty, we meet the man who maxed out his credit cards to run in the most expensive mid term election in history. We begin this news hour with a developing story out of turkey and 24 suspected Illegal Migrants drown after a boat sank off the coast of istanbul and looking at waters north of the straits and thought to be carrying afghan migrants to romania and seven people have been rescued and updates as we get them. To yemen with widespread condemnation of the killing of a politician and he was shot dead in the capitol. He had been helping negotiate a peace deal between the rebels and the government. Family members say he was targeted by a gunman on a motorcycle. And we are live from the yemen capitol. Now, omar, he was a mediator in this Peace Agreement in the capitol. Where does this now leave the dea deal . Well, its anyones guess, but if you gauge the reaction from the different Political Parties as well as the president , you can sense that everybody is really worr
Burkina fasos military has vowed to install a new unity government days after seizing power. The u. N. Is threatening to impose sanctions as the Army Tightens its control of the land locked country. On sunday soldiers fired shots in to the air in the capital to Disperse Protesters demanding a return to civilian rule, Dominick Kane has the latest im crowd march on his state tv. They have come to hear an opposition member explain why she was be Burkina Fasos next leader. But she wont get inside the building. [ gunfire ] reporter this gunfire is directed over the heads of the protesters. Fired by a goop of soldiers. In the confusion, state tv is taken off air for several hours. The military action continues as armed jeeps patrol the streets. But Burkina Fasos new military leaders are at pains to insist their aims are peaceful and democratic. Translator we ask to be given some space to work towards put our country back on track in the interest all parties. Power does not interest us. The t
With the second half of our semester one of the Big Questions were picking up on is what does it mean to be an american . All right who can claim to be an american . Thats one of the Big Questions thats going to kind of . Take us through the end of our semester into as we deal with the 19th century. So in upcoming weeks were going to talk about, you know, immigrants. Were going to talk about kind of the progressive error and things like that. I think this is a good start point. To think about who is claiming american status. And what does that mean . So were going to build from some of the ideas. We talked about with manifest destiny. From the discussion of Political Violence and build into these are other things. Couple key concepts that we need to deal with first of all a settler colonialism. Have you heard that phrase before . I see a couple yeses and a couple knows some heads kind of bobbing every which way, okay when we talk about settler colonialism, let me give you kind of a gen
With the second half of our semester one of the Big Questions were picking up on is what does it mean to be an american . All right who can claim to be an american . Thats one of the Big Questions thats going to kind of . Take us through the end of our semester into as we deal with the 19th century. So in upcoming weeks were going to talk about, you know, immigrants. Were going to talk about kind of the progressive error and things like that. I think this is a good start point. To think about who is claiming american status. And what does that mean . So were going to build from some of the ideas. We talked about with manifest destiny. From the discussion of Political Violence and build into these are other things. Couple key concepts that we need to deal with first of all a settler colonialism. Have you heard that phrase before . I see a couple yeses and a couple knows some heads kind of bobbing every which way, okay when we talk about settler colonialism, let me give you kind of a gen