Melissa chan welcome to news asia thank you for joining us weve reported on the hundreds of detention facilities across the shing gem weekend in china where the government has rounded up some 1000000 weekers a muslim and ethnic Minority International condemnation has not discouraged beijing it appears that the system put in place inching genk is being installed in tibet once again china says these are voluntary Vocational Training centers but if whats happened in ching gen is any indication its more about forcing Chinese Culture on unwilling to bend. Over the world you are going to continue to distance china seize control of the land they live on tibetans have complained that their religious freedom and traditional way of life are being actively cotyledon now it appears the situation is getting was best evidence that beijing is slow seeing hundreds of thousands of tibetans off balance. And and into socalled Vocational Training centers that are set to resemble labor camps traditional fa
Gunshots in the city as demonstrators came out onto the streets despite a curfew this comes after a peaceful protest was broken up by shooting legendary by nigerias Security Forces. Im told me all of the ball welcome to the program pope francis has said that he supports Civil Union Laws to protect the rights of same sex couples this break from the vaticans traditional position on the issue the pope made the comments in a new documentary about him titled francesco which premiered on wednesday at the rome Film Festival the film also tackles other controversial issues such as racism Climate Change sexual abuse and relations between christians muslims and jews. Im now joined by chicago based journalist Michael A Laughlin he is a journalist and author who covers religion and politics with a particular focus on the Catholic Church michael good to have you on the program how have the popes comments on same sex civil unions been received in the u. S. Its been a welcome statement to many of bt
Those are the words and images that nbc used to open its special report on the night of november 9, 1989. 30 years later, we are remembering that earth and concrete shattering day. We are live from the berlin wall gallery, from the newseum and washington, d. C. It is our home for the next three hours on washington journal on cspan and cspan3. Were asking you to share your own memories. Give us a call and let us know what the fall of the berlin wall meant to you. If you live in eastern or central time zones, the number to call is 202 7488000. Mountain or pacific time zones, 202 7488001. A special phone number for germanamericans this morning that number 202 7488002. If you want to send us a text this morning, that number is 202 7488003. If you do, please include your name and where you are from, and of course you can catch up with us on social media, on twitter at cspanwj, and on facebook. We welcome you to the berlin wall gallery here at the newseum. The largest unaltered portions of t
Not waiting for officials or even daybreak, they are still coming. Host those are the words and images that nbc used to open its special report on the night of november 9, 19 89. 30 years later, we are remembering that earth and concrete shattering day. Gallery,he berlin wall from the newseum and washington, d. C. Wass our socialism such a devastating failure. Cuba, venezuela, china, russia even the scandinavians are running away from it tremendously. We have such a generational divide here in america concerning socialism. They seem to be predisposed in favor of it. They do not know mao or stalicad after world war ii. Heres that clip. [video clip] until such time germany could reshape her own destiny, she would be divided into separate sounds of occupation, each controlled by an allied power american, british, french, russian. Economically, she would be treated as a whole. This the victors had agreed when they met to decide the future of germany. Even then, some had reservations about
Postwall history. Washington journal is next. East berlin tonight, tens of thousands of people crossing into west tens of thousands of crossing into west portland, pouring into the berlin wall, not waiting for official visits or even daybreak, they are still coming. Those are the words and images that nbc knee used to open its report on november 9th, 1989. 30 years later we have remembering that they, live from the museums berlin wall calgary, just on pennsylvania avenue, u. S. Capital here in washington d. C. , its our home for the next three hours on the washington journal on c span, and an American History on cspan 3. As we talk about the history of the wall, were talking about your own memories. Let us know what the fall of the berlin wall meant to you. Four lines are spent relate this morning. If you live in the eastern or central time zones, the phone number to call 2027488000 if you live in a specific timelines, then call 2027488001. If you are in germany, please call 2027488002