From the partisans, where the legionnaires behaved terribly, the slogan of the good french was the motto, let them castrate us, but do not stop us from doing what we want, and this means violence and mockery of women, the legion ended completely ingloriously, at the end of the war the germans poured in the remnants of the volunteers to the French Division of charles magne, they will guard hitlers headquarters, here the red army and. And finished off, now liberated berlin is being inspected quite masterfully by Marshal Zhukov with a delegation of soviet military leaders. Inspection on may 3 after the fall of the berlin garrison. Reich chancellery, Brandenburg Gate on parisen platz. Soon an image of generalissimo stalin will appear here. But it doesnt hurt, today for the germans to look at. This, history is directly clinging to the coattails, hence the phobias, hence the new revanchism, hence the desire to move against russia again on the side of the nazis. On these strings today the ame
More than six decades. We begin tonight with the standoff in ukraine. A morning after a day of bloodshed in the capitol, kiev. This is independence square, now early friday morning there. A world in shock, leaders express their concerns. At least 70 lost their lives in fighting thursday, according to opposition. Owner observers on the ground. Our nick shifrin is there. What is going on there . John, it is caulk in the square behind me. You can hear the solemn singing of the National Anthem here. Its 6 00 a. M. , they have been keeping each other awake with political speeches. A video posted online that may go down as more of the horrific and memorable of this situation, got 3 million hits. Protestors walking up hill, armed by only plastic shields, hit one by one by police snipers. This was defined by violence. Over 70 dead, the single deadliest day in ukraine, since the soviet union collapsed. Because of that video, because of that violence weve had a huge outpouring of support from yo
Firebombs and grenades, a capital city turning into a combat zone. 100 people were killed today in kiev after a tentative truce quickly fell apart. Ukraine government blaming the protesters for trying to stage a coo. Ukraine sits at the crucial crossroads. A tug between the east and west making the stakes enormously high. We must caution you, some of the pictures that youre about to see are extremely graphic. Nick paton walsh is joining us from kiev with the very latest. Nick . Reporter wolf, as the protesters behind me grow in numbers, somber in the atmosphere, we heard a lot of massive prayers being said for the loss of nearly 100 people, according to act visits in the bloodshed. This morning, we are possibly seeing maybe the beginning of a solution. The polish president who is here with the french, german, and Dutch Foreign ministers have been in meetings with opposition leaders and the ukrainian leader Viktor Yanukovych. This may bring elections forward to this year and may perhaps
Happening now, terror threat. New concerns this morning over shoe bombs. Al qaeda and al qaeda in the arabian peninsula. Overseas flights coming into america on alert and on edge. Also, chaos in kiev. Police opening fire on protesters. And new this morning, ukrainian athletes pulling out of the olympics in protest. Plus, whats up with whatsapp. Mark zuckerbergs biggest bet so far. 19 billion for the texting app thats adding a million new users every day. Also, tornado threat. Isolated threat of tornadoes will be out there today. Severe weather outbreak from texas to michigan now marching east. Unseasonably warm air sparking dangerous thunderstorms for millions. Were talking about 37 million of you today under the slight risk. And is that a wolf walking the halls of a sochi hotel . Youre live in the cnn newsroom. Good morning. Im Carol Costello. We begin this morning with a new terror warning rattling nerves and ratcheting up security. The u. S. Is alerting airlines to be on guard for p
Independent Ukraine's first Olympic champion has appealed directly to IOC President Thomas Bach to ban Russian athletes from competing. Talking to DW, figure skater Oksana Baiul-Farina explained her decision.